Updated this example so that it shows how to pass arguments to threads

by reference using the ref() function.

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@ -8,11 +8,13 @@
45.6
9.999
I have no args!
val: 3
*/
#include <iostream>
#include "dlib/threads.h"
#include "dlib/ref.h"
using namespace dlib;
using namespace std;
@ -27,6 +29,11 @@ void thread_2 ()
cout << "I have no args!" << endl;
}
void thread_increment(double& a)
{
a += 1;
}
int main()
{
// create a thread that will call thread_1(45.6)
@ -45,6 +52,15 @@ int main()
thread_function t3(thread_2);
// Note that we can also use the ref() function to pass a variable
// to a thread by reference. For example, the thread below adds
// one to val.
double val = 2;
thread_function t4(thread_increment, ref(val));
t4.wait(); // wait for t4 to finish before printing val.
cout << "val: " << val << endl;
// we will wait for t3 to end here because the destructor for
// thread_function objects always waits for their thread to end