I am learning boost c++ and thus I was trying this piece of code which deals with boost threads
#include <boost/thread.hpp>
#include <boost/chrono.hpp>
#include <iostream>
void wait(int seconds)
{
boost::this_thread::sleep_for(boost::chrono::seconds(seconds));
}
void thread()
{
for(int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
{
wait(2);
std::cout << i << std::endl;
}
}
int main()
{
boost::thread t(thread);
t.join();
return 0;
}
But when I compile this code on VS2008 I get the following errors:
LINK : fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file 'boost_thread-vc90-mt-1_58.lib'
What I understood is this error is due to configuration issues but I don't know how to get rid of it. Can somebody help me in solving this error?
First of all you need to compile boost (if you didn't).
Secondly you need to properly add this library to project, look at this answer.
Related
I'm trying to run the following code, but eclipse is giving the errors "type thread cannot be resolved", "thread was not declared in this scope", "expected ; before t1".
#include <iostream>
#include "Tetris.h"
#include <Windows.h> //Sleep
#include <conio.h> //getch()
#include <thread>
#define SLEEP_TIME 1000
using namespace std;
void call_from_thread() {
cout << "hello!" << endl;
}
int main(){
/* some code... */
thread t1(call_from_thread);
/* some more code... */
return 0;
}
So far i've tried the following:
I've also tried the -thread flag as I've seen someone suggesting in an answer here.
I've been looking on google and stackoverflow for hours without being able to solve the problem. "thread" still cannot be resolved and therefore I can't compile and generate a binary.
Any help would be very welcome
thanks in advance
As we know, using boehm-gc in multi-thread requires calling GC_register_my_thread with stack base from GC_get_stack_base. but It seems not to work well with C++11's thread library, such as std::thread... How can I use boehm-gc with C++11's thread library?
(I use VS2013)
edit: This is tested code. std::thread is good, but std::future doesn't work (stop on _CrtIsValidHeapPointer
#include <iostream>
#include <thread>
#include <future>
#define GC_THREADS
#include <gc.h>
#include <gc_cpp.h>
#pragma comment(lib, "gcmt-lib")
void foo()
{
GC_stack_base sb;
GC_get_stack_base(&sb);
GC_register_my_thread(&sb);
int *ptr;
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
{
ptr = new (GC) int;
*ptr = 1;
}
GC_unregister_my_thread();
}
int main()
{
GC_INIT();
GC_allow_register_threads();
std::cout << "test for std::thread";
std::thread thrd(foo);
thrd.join();
std::cout << " [sucs]\n";
std::cout << "test for std::future";
std::future<void> fu = std::async(std::launch::async, foo);
fu.get();
std::cout << " [sucs]\n";
std::cin.get();
}
edit: here is a capture of stack trace (Sorry that it isn't English, but I think it doesn't matter, anyway)
and here is a debug message
HEAP[TestGC.exe]: Invalid address specified to RtlValidateHeap( 00E80000, 00C92F80 )
While debugging, I found The error occurs after fu.get().
edit: The error doesn't occur with /MD(or /MDd)...
(I think GC might touch library's pointers (namespcae Concurrency), but it is just guess;;)
Before you start using the collector and before you create the threads make sure that you issue both
GC_INIT, and
GC_allow_register_threads
Then in every thread follow it up with,
GC_get_stack_base/GC_register_my_thread, and eventually
GC_unregister_my_thread.
You didn't say what you are compiling with but it works for gcc 4.8 (with -std=c++11).
EDIT: The OP was able to resolve the issue by addressing the instruction above and compiling the code with the /MD[d] flags for the multi-threaded dynamic MSVCR100 runtime. The issue remained unresolved for the multithreaded statically compiled runtime.
I'm quite new to the stack overflow, in fact this is my first post, So hello everyone. So let's get to the point.
Using boost library thread ver. 1.54.0
Using VS2010 32 Bit - Professional
I have built the libraries for the boost thread,
not using precompiled headers in vs C++ settings,
linked the library to the project,
here is the code
#include <boost\thread\thread_only.hpp>
#include <iostream>
#include <conio.h>
#pragma comment(lib, "libboost_thread-vc100-mt-gd-1_54.lib")
#define BOOST_LIB_NAME libboost_thread-vc100-mt-gd-1_54.lib
struct callable
{
void blah();
};
void callable::blah()
{
std::cout << "Threading test !\n";
}
boost::thread createThread()
{
callable x;
return boost::thread(x);
}
int main()
{
createThread();
_getch();
return 0;
}
after all this I get this error
Error 1 error C2064: term does not evaluate to a function taking 0 arguments ..\..\boost_1_54_0\boost\thread\detail\thread.hpp 117 1 BoostTrial
Could you help me to get this example to work. Reason why I am using this example is because I have another app which has been set up exactly the same way and it's not working because of this error :-( my goal is to get the multithreading to work and then I can take it from there.
Thanks for your time.
You need to implement operator() in callable.
Don't forget to either join() or detach() thread to prevent abnormal program termination.
See boost::thread tutorial for more examples.
#include <boost\thread\thread_only.hpp>
#include <iostream>
#pragma comment(lib, "libboost_thread-vc100-mt-gd-1_54.lib")
using namespace boost;
struct callable
{
void operator()()
{
std::cout << "Threading test !\n";
}
};
boost::thread createThread()
{
callable x;
return boost::thread(x);
}
int main()
{
boost::thread th = createThread();
th.join();
}
Example with std::thread;
This is really driving me crazy:
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <string.h>
#include <thread>
using namespace std;
void test() {
vector<string> myvector;
string a("Teststring");
myvector.push_back(a);
cout << myvector.begin()->length() << endl;
}
int main() {
thread(test).join();
return 0;
}
The code compiles fine with the -std=c++11 flag to the compiler and the -pthread flag to the linker.
BUT: Eclipse does either know the std::thread or the myvector.begin()->length(), even if the code runs fine eclipse warns me "Method 'length' could not be resolved".
I tried every possible solution in here: Eclipse CDT C++11/C++0x support without any success. This took me so many hours now, what am I doing wrong?!
Is there anybody getting a project setup without problems with this code?
EDIT: Other code example - same problem:
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <thread>
using namespace std;
class TestClass {
public:
void test() {
cout << "test" << endl;
}
};
void test() {
vector<TestClass> testClassVector;
TestClass x;
testClassVector.push_back(x);
testClassVector.begin()->test();
}
int main() {
thread(test).join();
return 0;
}
Compiles and runs correct, but returns in eclipse: Method 'test' could not be resolved
EDIT:
working versions:
((TestClass)*(testClassVector.begin())).test();
TestClass foo2 = *(testClassVector.begin());
foo2.test();
still not working:
testClassVector.begin()->test();
The last compiles and works like the two above, but eclipse still claims:
Method 'test' could not be resolved
Maybe I'm wrong, but I think your problem don't come from Eclypse. Juste, begin() on a vector return a std::vector<T>::iterator first, this is not a pointer and there is no method length, but you can ask for the vector size with myvector.size(); if this is what you want.
The problem could come from your #include <string.h> that is not the same as #include <string>, string.h is for string operation like strcmp, strstr, etc... juste string will define the std::string object.
I don't have Eclipse set up but the problem appears to be around std::string. Does the problem go away if you remove the threading from the example? (I also changed to #include <string> instead of string.h)
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <string>
#include <thread>
using namespace std;
#if 0
void test() {
vector<string> myvector;
string a("Teststring");
myvector.push_back(a);
cout << myvector.begin()->length() << endl;
}
#endif
int main() {
//thread(test).join();
vector<string> myvector;
string a("Teststring");
myvector.push_back(a);
cout << myvector.begin()->length() << endl;
return 0;
}
That should hopefully print out 10.
Update from comment:
Does this generate the Eclipse warning?
auto tmp = *(myvector.begin());
std::cout << tmp.length() << std::endl;
What about this?
std::string foo("abc123");
std::cout << foo.length() << std::endl;
I guess one more too:
std::string foo2 = *(myvector.begin());
std::cout << foo2.length() << std::endl;
The solution found:
I downloaded eclipse kepler Kepler
Created a new project and tried to compile this source code (like above):
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <thread>
using namespace std;
class TestClass {
public:
void test() {
cout << "test" << endl;
}
};
void test() {
vector<TestClass> testClassVector;
TestClass x;
testClassVector.push_back(x);
testClassVector.begin()->test();
}
int main() {
thread(test).join();
return 0;
}
On the first run eclipse told me, thread belongs to the new c++11 standard and I have to add -std=c++11 to the compiler flags. To use thread I also added -pthread to the linker flags. With this steps the code could be compiled, but eclipse marks the thread still as unknown. To fix this I proceeded the following step:
Under C/C++ Build (at project settings), find the Preprocessor Include Path and go to the Providers Tab. Deselect all except CDT GCC Builtin Compiler Settings. Then untag Share settings entries … . Add the option -std=c++11 to the text box called Command to get compiler specs.
Found here.
Now - unbelievable but true - it works, even without any errors marked by eclipse. The solution is using the (beta) version of eclipse, wich seems to handle this in a better way.
Thanks for all your help!
struct test_struct
{
test_struct() {}
~test_struct() {}
};
#include <vector>
#include <memory>
#include <cstdio>
int main()
{
printf("ctor begin\n");
{
std::vector<std::unique_ptr<test_struct>> test_vec;
const int count = 100000;
for (auto i = 0; i < count; i++) {
test_vec.emplace_back(new test_struct);
}
printf("dtor begin\n");
}
printf("dtor end\n");
}
I'm using VS2010, and found some ridiculous performance issue. The code above works well both in debug and release build (ctrl+f5), but when debugger is attached(f5), dtor call for unique_ptr class is intolerably slow. The result machine code is fairly optimized, so I don't expect that it's compiler issue rather than debugger's, but I don't know how to deal with it. My question is
Is this problem able to be reproduced on your machine?
What's the reason of this behaviour?
Is there any workaround?
The slowdown is caused by memory checking that occurs whenever memory is freed. However, this is a special system-/debugger-level heap, and isn't anything you can control from within your program.
There's a great article on the issue. To summarize: you have to set an environment variable to disable it!
Luckily, you can set project-specific environment variables from the Debugging options in the Project Settings for your project, so that the environment variable is only applied to your program.
I used this simplified program to test:
#include <iostream>
#include <memory>
#include <vector>
int main()
{
std::cout << "ctor begin" << std::endl;
{
std::vector<std::unique_ptr<int>> test_vec;
for (unsigned i = 0; i < 100000; i++)
test_vec.emplace_back(new int);
std::cout << "dtor begin" << std::endl;
}
std::cout << "dtor end" << std::endl;
}
By setting _NO_DEBUG_HEAP=1 as an environment variable (either system-wide, which I won't recommend, or through the Debugging options), the code runs in roughly the same amount of time irrespective of whether or not the debugger is attached.