threads.hh

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#ifndef _THREADS_HH_
#define _THREADS_HH_

#ifdef WIN32

// windows threading
#include <windows.h>
#include <process.h>
#define THREAD_PROC_RETURN_TYPE        void
#define THREAD_PROC_RETURN_STATEMENT   return;

#define THREAD_REDUCE_PRIORITY()\
 { SetThreadPriority(GetCurrentThread(), THREAD_PRIORITY_BELOW_NORMAL); }

#define THREAD_START(threadProc, threadData)\
 { _beginthread(threadProc, 0, (void *) threadData); }

#define THREAD_END()\
 { _endthread(); }

#else

// posix threading (linux/unix/cygwin)
#include <pthread.h>
#include <sys/resource.h>
#define THREAD_PROC_RETURN_TYPE        void *
#define THREAD_PROC_RETURN_STATEMENT   return (NULL);

#define THREAD_REDUCE_PRIORITY()\
 { setpriority(PRIO_PROCESS, getpid(), 10); }

#define THREAD_START(threadProc, threadData)\
 { pthread_t pthread;\
   pthread_create(&pthread, NULL, threadProc, threadData); }

#define THREAD_END()\
 { int status;\
   pthread_exit(&status); }


#endif // WIN32

#endif // _THREADS_HH_