sth about windows thread

thread.cpp

#include "thread.h"
#include <memory>

int main()
{
  struct UR_STRUCT
	{
		int a;
		//...
	};

	std::shared_ptr <UR_STRUCT> ptr(new UR_STRUCT);
	ptr->a = 100;
	
	std::function<void(std::shared_ptr<UR_STRUCT>)> func = [](std::shared_ptr<UR_STRUCT> ptr){
		//do some thing with ptr...
	};

	thread::newThread(true, std::bind(func, ptr));

	return 0;
}

thread.h

#ifndef _THREAD_H
#define _THREAD_H

#include <functional>
#include <windows.h>

namespace thread
{
  typedef std::tr1::function<void(void)> xfunction;

	DWORD __stdcall ApiThread(void * param) {
		(*static_cast<xfunction*>(param))();
		delete static_cast<xfunction*>(param);
		return 0;
	}

	bool newThread(bool bWait, xfunction func) {

		if (func._Empty())
			return false;

		xfunction * pfunc = new xfunction;
		if (!pfunc)
		{
			return false;
		}

		*pfunc = func;
		HANDLE hthread = CreateThread(
			NULL, 
			NULL, 
			ApiThread,
			(void *)pfunc, 
			NULL, 
			NULL);

		if (!hthread)
		{
			delete pfunc;
			return false;
		}

		if (bWait)
			WaitForSingleObject(hthread, INFINITE);

		CloseHandle(hthread);
		return true;
	}
}
#endif //_THREAD_H