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| How to use Thread() [message #44016] |
Fri, 12 December 2014 22:21  |
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forlano
Messages: 1207
Registered: March 2006
Location: Italy
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Hello,
So far I have never used Threads... and to tell the truth I am rather confused about them.
My GUI app frezee while some operation last 2 or 3 seconds (perform calculation and writing on a sqlite database). This is rather annoying because it seems the app is going to crash.
So I thought to run a Thread for this operation and let the GUI to be free to use for other task. I hope this make sense.
The problem is that the compiler is complaining about Upp::callback, see below, that I do not understand (I used the GUI MT flag).
The function I would like to run in a thread ( SavePairing(num1, num2) ) is a member function of an external class called 'vegadb' and 'DB' is just an instance of vegadb. I tried without success:
Thread().Run( DB.SavePairing(num1, num2) );
Thread().Run( callback2( DB.SavePairing, num1, num2 ) );
Thread().Run( callback2( vegadb::SavePairing, num1, num2 ) );
I tried even callback3. Does anybody have a suggestion?
Thanks,
Luigi
PS: typical error message:
C:\MyApps\VegaTeam6\SemiManualPairing.cpp(1218) : error C3867: 'vegadb::SavePairing': function call missing argument list; use '&vegadb::S
avePairing' to create a pointer to member
C:\MyApps\VegaTeam6\SemiManualPairing.cpp(1218) : error C2780: 'Upp::Gate4<P1,P2,P3,P4> Upp::callback2(const O *,bool (__thiscall M::* )(P
1,P2,P3,P4,Q1,Q2) const,T1,T2)' : expects 4 arguments - 3 provided
c:\upp\uppsrc\core\Callback2.h(572) : see declaration of 'Upp::callback2'
C:\MyApps\VegaTeam6\SemiManualPairing.cpp(1218) : error C2780: 'Upp::Gate4<P1,P2,P3,P4> Upp::callback2(O *,bool (__thiscall M::* )(P1,P2,P
3,P4,Q1,Q2),T1,T2)' : expects 4 arguments - 3 provided
c:\upp\uppsrc\core\Callback2.h(566) : see declaration of 'Upp::callback2'
C:\MyApps\VegaTeam6\SemiManualPairing.cpp(1218) : error C2780: 'Upp::Gate3<P1,P2,P3> Upp::callback2(const O *,bool (__thiscall M::* )(P1,P
2,P3,Q1,Q2) const,T1,T2)' : expects 4 arguments - 3 provided
c:\upp\uppsrc\core\Callback2.h(523) : see declaration of 'Upp::callback2'
C:\MyApps\VegaTeam6\SemiManualPairing.cpp(1218) : error C2780: 'Upp::Gate3<P1,P2,P3> Upp::callback2(O *,bool (__thiscall M::* )(P1,P2,P3,Q
1,Q2),T1,T2)' : expects 4 arguments - 3 provided
c:\upp\uppsrc\core\Callback2.h(517) : see declaration of 'Upp::callback2'
C:\MyApps\VegaTeam6\SemiManualPairing.cpp(1218) : error C2780: 'Upp::Gate2<P1,P2> Upp::callback2(const O *,bool (__thiscall M::* )(P1,P2,Q
1,Q2) const,T1,T2)' : expects 4 arguments - 3 provided
c:\upp\uppsrc\core\Callback2.h(469) : see declaration of 'Upp::callback2'
C:\MyApps\VegaTeam6\SemiManualPairing.cpp(1218) : error C2780: 'Upp::Gate2<P1,P2> Upp::callback2(O *,bool (__thiscall M::* )(P1,P2,Q1,Q2),
T1,T2)' : expects 4 arguments - 3 provided
c:\upp\uppsrc\core\Callback2.h(463) : see declaration of 'Upp::callback2'
C:\MyApps\VegaTeam6\SemiManualPairing.cpp(1218) : error C2780: 'Upp::Gate1<P1> Upp::callback2(const O *,bool (__thiscall M::* )(P1,Q1,Q2)
const,T1,T2)' : expects 4 arguments - 3 provided
c:\upp\uppsrc\core\Callback2.h(415) : see declaration of 'Upp::callback2'
C:\MyApps\VegaTeam6\SemiManualPairing.cpp(1218) : error C2780: 'Upp::Gate1<P1> Upp::callback2(O *,bool (__thiscall M::* )(P1,Q1,Q2),T1,T2)
' : expects 4 arguments - 3 provided
c:\upp\uppsrc\core\Callback2.h(409) : see declaration of 'Upp::callback2'
C:\MyApps\VegaTeam6\SemiManualPairing.cpp(1218) : error C2780: 'Upp::Gate Upp::callback2(const O *,bool (__thiscall M::* )(Q1,Q2) const,T1
,T2)' : expects 4 arguments - 3 provided
c:\upp\uppsrc\core\Callback2.h(361) : see declaration of 'Upp::callback2'
C:\MyApps\VegaTeam6\SemiManualPairing.cpp(1218) : error C2780: 'Upp::Gate Upp::callback2(O *,bool (__thiscall M::* )(Q1,Q2),T1,T2)' : expe
cts 4 arguments - 3 provided
c:\upp\uppsrc\core\Callback2.h(355) : see declaration of 'Upp::callback2'
C:\MyApps\VegaTeam6\SemiManualPairing.cpp(1218) : error C2780: 'Upp::Callback4<P1,P2,P3,P4> Upp::callback2(const O *,void (__thiscall M::*
)(P1,P2,P3,P4,Q1,Q2) const,T1,T2)' : expects 4 arguments - 3 provided
c:\upp\uppsrc\core\Callback2.h(269) : see declaration of 'Upp::callback2'
C:\MyApps\VegaTeam6\SemiManualPairing.cpp(1218) : error C2780: 'Upp::Callback4<P1,P2,P3,P4> Upp::callback2(O *,void (__thiscall M::* )(P1,
P2,P3,P4,Q1,Q2),T1,T2)' : expects 4 arguments - 3 provided
c:\upp\uppsrc\core\Callback2.h(263) : see declaration of 'Upp::callback2'
C:\MyApps\VegaTeam6\SemiManualPairing.cpp(1218) : error C2780: 'Upp::Callback3<P1,P2,P3> Upp::callback2(const O *,void (__thiscall M::* )(
P1,P2,P3,Q1,Q2) const,T1,T2)' : expects 4 arguments - 3 provided
c:\upp\uppsrc\core\Callback2.h(221) : see declaration of 'Upp::callback2'
C:\MyApps\VegaTeam6\SemiManualPairing.cpp(1218) : error C2780: 'Upp::Callback3<P1,P2,P3> Upp::callback2(O *,void (__thiscall M::* )(P1,P2,
P3,Q1,Q2),T1,T2)' : expects 4 arguments - 3 provided
c:\upp\uppsrc\core\Callback2.h(215) : see declaration of 'Upp::callback2'
C:\MyApps\VegaTeam6\SemiManualPairing.cpp(1218) : error C2780: 'Upp::Callback2<P1,P2> Upp::callback2(const O *,void (__thiscall M::* )(P1,
P2,Q1,Q2) const,T1,T2)' : expects 4 arguments - 3 provided
c:\upp\uppsrc\core\Callback2.h(168) : see declaration of 'Upp::callback2'
C:\MyApps\VegaTeam6\SemiManualPairing.cpp(1218) : error C2780: 'Upp::Callback2<P1,P2> Upp::callback2(O *,void (__thiscall M::* )(P1,P2,Q1,
Q2),T1,T2)' : expects 4 arguments - 3 provided
c:\upp\uppsrc\core\Callback2.h(162) : see declaration of 'Upp::callback2'
C:\MyApps\VegaTeam6\SemiManualPairing.cpp(1218) : error C2780: 'Upp::Callback1<P1> Upp::callback2(const O *,void (__thiscall M::* )(P1,Q1,
Q2) const,T1,T2)' : expects 4 arguments - 3 provided
c:\upp\uppsrc\core\Callback2.h(115) : see declaration of 'Upp::callback2'
C:\MyApps\VegaTeam6\SemiManualPairing.cpp(1218) : error C2780: 'Upp::Callback1<P1> Upp::callback2(O *,void (__thiscall M::* )(P1,Q1,Q2),T1
,T2)' : expects 4 arguments - 3 provided
c:\upp\uppsrc\core\Callback2.h(109) : see declaration of 'Upp::callback2'
C:\MyApps\VegaTeam6\SemiManualPairing.cpp(1218) : error C2780: 'Upp::Callback Upp::callback2(const O *,void (__thiscall M::* )(Q1,Q2) cons
t,T1,T2)' : expects 4 arguments - 3 provided
c:\upp\uppsrc\core\Callback2.h(62) : see declaration of 'Upp::callback2'
C:\MyApps\VegaTeam6\SemiManualPairing.cpp(1218) : error C2780: 'Upp::Callback Upp::callback2(O *,void (__thiscall M::* )(Q1,Q2),T1,T2)' :
expects 4 arguments - 3 provided
c:\upp\uppsrc\core\Callback2.h(56) : see declaration of 'Upp::callback2'
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| Re: How to use Thread() [message #44018 is a reply to message #44016] |
Sat, 13 December 2014 00:02  |
Mindtraveller
Messages: 917
Registered: August 2007
Location: Russia, Moscow rgn.
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Hi Luigi,
First of all, the syntax.
The callback is constructed using the form:
callbackN(pointerToObject, pointerToObjectRoutine{,N_arguments})
In your case it will be something like
Thread().Run( callback2( &vega, &vegadb::SavePairing, num1, num2 ) );
The second thing is I won't recommend using Thread::Run routine because
1) Each call creates a new thread which is expensive system operation (especially in Windows). So if you call it frequently, you create unnecessary heavy pressure on OS kernel.
2) You can't detect the moment your routine is finished. This is very bad because you should wait for thread and delete it correctly if user wants to quit your app. This is also bad because you must know when some internal variable was changed by parallel routine.
There are different approaches and I recommend designing your inter-threading interactions first. What will be changed? How is main thread is affected on this change? How this data will be safely delivered to calling thread?
If you answer this questions, you may choose the best implementation.
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