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Ramy Al Zuhouri
Ramy Al Zuhouri

Reputation: 21966

Boost asynchronous timer still blocks the main thread

I'm trying to use a boost timer to do some operations asynchronously: 

boost::asio::io_service io;
boost::asio::deadline_timer t(io, boost::posix_time::seconds(5));
t.async_wait(timer_func);
io.run();

The problem is that io.run() is a blocking call. I would like to have an asynchronous timer that doesn't block the main thread, and then calls the callback on the main thread. Is this possible with boost?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 403

Answers (1)

Tasos Vogiatzoglou
Tasos Vogiatzoglou

Reputation: 2453

The io_service::poll doesn't block. You'll have though to implement some looping logic around it.

Upvotes: 1

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