Can args be coped to POCO threads, not sent via pointer?

[oskar]

Sorry if the title sounds a bit disjointed, but I'm wondering if I can actually pass the values of the arguments to POCO threads, rather than just sending a pointer to them.

This is important because if I simply pass a pointer to the args, I always have to be careful that they don't fall out of scope and get demolished before the thread has time to receive them. I much prefer the Boost.Thread method below:

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void find_the_question(int the_answer);

boost::thread deep_thought_2(find_the_question,42);

I'm hoping that I won't have to use a far larger library just for this little functionality, so does anyone know if POCO supports it?

[alex]

I'm hoping that I won't have to use a far larger library just for this little functionality, so does anyone know if POCO supports it?

Thread::start takes either a reference to Runnable or pointer to Callable and a void*, so the answer is no. But I think your problem is not so difficult because you can make your own copy in the thread.