threads

[l2u]

Hello..

I have 3 threads in my app and I have to tell thread from another thread to do something.. (to start or stop work). At the moment I use bool stop; in class of each thread and do while(stop) Sleep(10);

I know there are better ways to do that, what would you recomment? What about semaphores?

[Desolation]

You can use the function SuspendThread() but I suspect it to be dangerous and MSDN also speaks of red flags

Remarks

If the function succeeds, execution of the specified thread is suspended and the thread's suspend count is incremented. Suspending a thread causes the thread to stop executing user-mode (application) code.

This function is primarily designed for use by debuggers. It is not intended to be used for thread synchronization. Calling SuspendThread on a thread that owns a synchronization object, such as a mutex or critical section, can lead to a deadlock if the calling thread tries to obtain a synchronization object owned by a suspended thread. To avoid this situation, a thread within an application that is not a debugger should signal the other thread to suspend itself. The target thread must be designed to watch for this signal and respond appropriately.

[l2u]

What about other options?

[Ken Fitlike]

Synchronisation.

[l2u]

Is there any example available?