Compiling crafty: _beginthreadex()

[Cardoso]

Hi,
I'm using Visual Studio c++ 2008.
since _beginthreadex() gives a compiling error:
error C2664: '_beginthreadex' : cannot convert parameter 3 from 'void *' to 'unsigned int (__stdcall *)(void *)'

I search this forum and Lance Perkins gave the following tip:
. Replace _beginthreadex with CreateThread, and cast the parameter "func" with "(PTHREAD_START_ROUTINE)func".

So my question is it safe to replace:

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hThread = (HANDLE) _beginthreadex(0, 0, func, args, 0, 0);

with:

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hThread = (HANDLE) CreateThread(0, 0, (PTHREAD_START_ROUTINE)func, args, 0, 0);

does crafty's thread terminate functions work properly with CreateThread() ?
BTW I did not try this.

thanks in advance,
Alvaro

[trojanfoe]

No it's not safe to replace _beginthreadex() with CreateThread() as the _beginthread() functions are used to initialise the thread-local elements of the Microsoft C Runtime library which CreateThread doesn't do.

It looks to me like you are passing in something other than a pointer to your thread entry function given the compiler thinks it's void *. I would also use _beginthread() unless you are actually going to use the additional options that _beginthreadex() give you.

Cheers,
Andy

[jhaglund]

Lance was replying to me on how to compile Crafty with the Borland compiler if you read the _thread.