Re: [Boost-users] how to sleep a thread for specified milliseconds and/or nanoseconds

From: Victor Whiskey Yankee (victor.whiskey.yankee_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-05-19 12:15:00

Scott McMurray wrote:
> On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 11:55 AM, Victor Whiskey Yankee
> <[e-mail]> wrote:
> > Great.Thank you!
> >
> > Now, how can I sleep if I am not inside a boost::thread? When I try that, I
> > get this compile error:
> >
> >     error: 'boost::this_thread' has not been declared
> >
> >   
>
> You can't not be in a thread.  And that error usually means a missing include.
You mean there is not a sleep function anywhere in boost but inside
boost::thread? Wow...that's incredible disappointment.
Maybe with signals or condition variable by chance?

How does one sleep in main that allows milliseconds and is
cross-platform with linux and windows xp?
I guess I could use select :(


Thanks for kind help,
Victor