member function pointers in c++11

thread-cpp11.cxx

#include <iostream>
#include <thread>

/* g++ -std=c++0x -o thread-cpp11 thread-cpp11.cxx -lpthread */

class Bar {
public:
  Bar() : i(0) {}
  int i;
};

class Foo {
public:
  Foo();
  int threadMe(int arg);
private:
  std::thread* fThread;
  Bar bar;
};

Foo::Foo() {
  bar.i = 42;
  int arg = 12;
  int ret;
  // better to get return value with std::future
  fThread = new std::thread{[this, arg, &ret](){ret = this->threadMe(arg);}};
  fThread->join();
  std::cout << ret << std::endl;
  delete fThread;
}

int Foo::threadMe(int arg) {
  std::cout << "Foo::threadMe: arg = " << arg << std::endl;
  std::cout << "Foo::threadMe: bar.i = " << bar.i << std::endl;
  return arg+1;
}

int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
  Foo* f = new Foo();
  return 0;
}