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Usage example of boost::condition::timed_wait


Does someone have an example of how to most easily use boost::condition::timed_wait? There are some threads on the topic here, here and here, but none feature a working example. And boost doc is as usual quite sparse.


Solution

  • Actually, I finally found a link with full example here. With a bit of adapting, this seems to be the call.

    boost::system_time const timeout=boost::get_system_time()+ boost::posix_time::milliseconds(35000);
    boost::mutex::scoped_lock lock(the_mutex);
    if(the_condition_variable.timed_wait(lock,timeout,&CondFulfilled))
    {
        <cond fulfilled code>
    }
    else
    {
        <timeout code>
    }
    bool CondFulfilled() { ... }