<thread>

Include the standard header <thread> to define the class thread and various supporting functions.

#include <thread>

Remarks

Note

In code that is compiled by using /clr or /clr:pure, this header is blocked.

The __STDCPP_THREADS__ macro is defined as a nonzero value to indicate that threads are supported by this header.

Name	Description
thread Class	Defines an object that is used to observe and manage a thread of execution in an application.

Name	Description
hash Structure (STL)	Defines a member function that returns a value that is uniquely determined by a thread::id. The member function defines a hash function that is suitable for mapping values of type thread::id to a distribution of index values.

Name	Description
get_id Function	Uniquely identifies the current thread of execution.
sleep_for Function	Blocks the calling thread.
sleep_until Function	Blocks the calling thread at least until the specified time.
swap Function (<thread>)	Exchanges the states of two thread objects.
yield Function	Signals the operating system to run other threads, even if the current thread would ordinarily continue to run.

Name	Description
operator>= Operator (<thread>)	Determines whether one thread::id object is greater than or equal to another.
operator> Operator (<thread>)	Determines whether one thread::id object is greater than another.
operator<= Operator (<thread>)	Determines whether one thread::id object is less than or equal to another.
operator< Operator (<thread>)	Determines whether one thread::id object is less than another.
operator!= Operator (<thread>)	Compares two thread::id objects for inequality.
operator== Operator (<thread>)	Compares two thread::id objects for equality.
operator<< Operator (<thread>)	Inserts a text representation of a thread::id object into a stream.