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1	Threads
2	Threads Contents Threading API's Delegation Based Threads Inheritance Based Threads Thread Adaptor Needle and Thread
3	What is a Thread? A thread is the path traced by a function as it runs C++ supports several kinds of functions Global Function Member Function Remember Function How can we “thread” them?
4	Thread Bare
5	1: Delegation Based Thread
6	Thread Internals
7	Thread Destructor Lifetime of thread must be contained in lifetime of thread object Make thread object part of whole object Whole object becomes active
8	2: Inheritance Based Thread
9	Thread Adaptor
10	Thread Internals
11	Thread Gotcha Don't make threads auto-runnable Leads to non-deterministic bugs in many designs Initialisation and execution are separate concepts What if you want to delay execution?
12	3: Threader
13	Joiner
14	Needle Can be refactored using Cheshire Cat idiom
15	Needle Point