Threads and ~Component

[Paul Farry]

I've got a component which uses a library which MUST be properly closed when you exit from using it. It takes a couple of seconds. Is it ok to create a Thread to do all this work (as long as I don't modify or read memory inside the component from within the thread) in the Destructor of the component? And exit the component immediately?

[Ryan Binns]

Paul Farry wrote: Is it ok to create a Thread to do all this work (as long as I don't modify or read memory inside the component from within the thread) in the Destructor of the component? Yes, it's fine. As you mentioned, watch out for accessing memory that has been deleted.

Ryan

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