Merging upstream version 1.44.3.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>

1 files changed, 46 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/ml/dlib/dlib/threads/create_new_thread_extension.h b/ml/dlib/dlib/threads/create_new_thread_extension.h
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+// Copyright (C) 2006  Davis E. King (davis@dlib.net)
+// License: Boost Software License   See LICENSE.txt for the full license.
+#ifndef DLIB_CREATE_NEW_THREAD_EXTENSIOn_
+#define DLIB_CREATE_NEW_THREAD_EXTENSIOn_ 
+
+#include "threads_kernel_abstract.h"
+#include "create_new_thread_extension_abstract.h"
+#include "../threads.h"
+
+namespace dlib
+{
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    template <
+        typename T,
+        void (T::*funct)()
+        >
+    inline void dlib_create_new_thread_helper (
+        void* obj
+    )
+    {
+        T* o = static_cast<T*>(obj);
+        (o->*funct)();
+    }
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    template <
+        typename T,
+        void (T::*funct)()
+        >
+    inline bool create_new_thread (
+        T& obj
+    )
+    {
+        return create_new_thread(dlib_create_new_thread_helper<T,funct>,&obj);
+    }
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+}
+
+#endif // DLIB_CREATE_NEW_THREAD_EXTENSIOn_
+
+