Extended API for sf::Thread in SFML 2

[Laurent]

Hi

I changed the sf::Thread class in SFML 2 to make it more flexible. I removed the Run() virtual function (so, no more inheritance from sf::Thread) and added a bunch of template constructors instead.

So now you can do this:

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void f();
sf::Thread t(&f);

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void f(int arg); // arg type can be anything
sf::Thread t(&f, 5);

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class Task
{
public:

    void run();
};
Task task;
sf::Thread t(&Task::run, &task);

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struct Functor
{
    void operator()();
};
sf::Thread t(Functor());

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struct Functor
{
    void operator()(std::string arg);
};
sf::Thread t(Functor(), "toto");

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sf::Thread t(boost::bind(...));

So the previous scenarios are still possible, plus a lot of new ones.

[Groogy]

That looks really good making it also more generic, object-oriented and easier to create synchronisation nodes.

[nfries88]

This will be a great convenience. Thanks.

[Nexus]

Nice to see sf::Thread go from the Java inheritance approach towards function objects which are much more flexible and require less boilerplate-code!