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c++multithreadingboost-thread

boost threads in c++

So I'm modifying a code to be multithreaded, I have read several articles but have not found my answer, I have the Main, Class A, Class B, now I want to know if it's possible to program threads in class b so when when main calls class a this in turn calls class b and here the treads are created, not from the main from the subclasses. Thanks.

Main

fr.place_sequences_to_nodes(&sequences,&leaf_nodes,reference_alignment,data_type‌​); 
int count = 1; root->name_internal_nodes(&count); 
root->start_alignment(&mf); 
ss.str(string()); 
ss << "Time main::align: "<< double(clock()-t_start)/CLOCKS_PER_SEC <<"\n";   
Log_output::write_out(ss.str(),"time");

Node 

void align_sequences(Model_factory *mf) 
{ 
    if(leaf) return; 
    left_child->align_sequences(mf); 
    right_child->align_sequences(mf); 
    this->align_sequences_this_node(mf); 
}
Solution

  • Threads are independent, regardless of which other thread creates them. They are all the same. Thread A can create thread B which creates thread C which creates thread D and all of them will be the same kind of thread.

    You can create them from wherever you want, just follow the documentation and remember the caveats (such as using a scoped_ptr to an RAII thread object which goes out of scope, causing the object to crash).