sleep and wait

Hi,
I need to have my program A which contains the main function wait on a signal from a function from a class B so that the main function can fall through to the return statement to end the program.

I don't want to use a while loop though. I want program A to sleep and stop all activity so that it does not consume cpu time and then whenever object B needs to end the program, it would signal A somehow. I know how to use callback functions but how would the function access things inside the main function??? Any idea how to do this. Thanks a bunch.
Amish

If your program is multithreaded, then the techniques are system dependent. You'll need to identify your compiler and operating system, and someone may be able to give you some useful advice on what functions to call, etc.

If your program is single threaded, then the function in class B needs to return (as do all the functions called by main that eventually call the function in class B).

The function that main waits on is a callback function. So main cannot call it. It gets called from another object.

if you're using windows look into WaitForSingleObject
and Setevent. That should get you started

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Originally Posted by axr0284

The function that main waits on is a callback function. So main cannot call it. It gets called from another object.

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I sort of guessed that. But callback functions are not necessarily invoked in different threads from main(). The scheme by which you will pass control back to main would therefore depend on the workings of your callback system.

If the timing is not too critical, you can "compromise" by putting a delay (maybe 10 - 100 milliseconds) in your wait-loop. To the CPU, this is a long delay. Your loop will consume almost no CPU cycles, but the delay will be very short in human-time.

On a multitasking system, it is common practice (and good practice) to put a sleep-delay in your "do-nothing loops." It helps your program "play well with others." ;)