How could we declare a variable or pointer of lmrtfy::thread_pool

[chenscottus]

How could we declare variable lmrtfy::thread_pool, for example,
in a header h
lmrtfy::::thread_pool pool_var;
//Or
lmrtfy::::thread_pool * pool_ptr;

in a cpp
pool_var = lmrtfy::thread_pool();

lmrtfy:::thread_pool pool
pool_ptr = &pool;

Thanks!

[Ahajha]

I'm not sure why exactly you want a pointer to it, you might have to explain more. Perhaps you want a reference? For example, if you're passing a lmrtfy::thread_pool to a function, you could declare it something like

void foo(lmrtfy::thread_pool<>& pool) { ... }

(I believe the <> are necessary when passing an empty-template-list template into a function)

Or perhaps you want it to be global?

[chenscottus]

For example,
In a head file - myclass.h, I will declare a pool variable:
lmrtfy::thread_pool<> pool_vars;

In a cpp file - myclass.cpp, I will initialize the pool variable when myclass running:
pool_vars = lmrtfy::thread_pool ;

How can I do that?
Thanks!

[Ahajha]

If it's a global variable, and you are okay with it being initialized at startup and destroyed at exit, an easier way is to put

inline lmrtfy::thread_pool pool_vars;

in your header, you don't need to define it in a separate .cpp file.

If you need to delay initialization or perhaps end it early, you could do something similar:

inline std::unique_ptr<lmrtfy::thread_pool> pool_vars;

Then, when you want to initialize:

pool_vars = std::make_unique<lmrtfy::thread_pool>();

And when you want to destroy it:

pool_vars.reset();

If you don't need it to be global, perhaps a member of a class, just declare it as a member of the class and it will be correctly default initialized in any constructor.

Let me know if you are trying to do something else.

[chenscottus]

Great! Thanks!