std::thread::operator=(3)

🌈 std::thread::operator= — C++ Standard Library, manual page std::thread::operator=(3) 🌈

okay bestie, welcome to the std::thread::operator=(3) page — yes, the move-assignment operator for std::thread, and it’s giving “I have very specific rules and one of them is std::terminate()” energy. 💅

💖 NAME 💖

std::thread::operator= — literally std::thread::operator=. That’s the name, no notes. 🎀

✨ Synopsis ✨

thread& operator=( thread&& other ) noexcept;  (since C++11)

If *this still has an associated running thread (i.e. joinable() == true), it calls std::terminate(). Otherwise, it assigns the state of other to *this and sets other to a default constructed state.

After this call, this->get_id() is equal to the value of other.get_id() prior to the call, and other no longer represents a thread of execution. fr fr, that’s the whole glow-up. ✨

🚨 warning bestie: if *this is still joinable, this operator calls std::terminate(). That is not a drill, that is the dramatic part. 💀

🫶 Parameters 🫶

• other — another thread object to assign to this thread object. basically the thread object getting moved into *this, slay. 🦋

👑 Return value 👑

• *this — it returns *this. main character return, no cap. 💖

sign-off: this page came from http://cppreference.com, dated 2024.06.10, and it’s the std::thread::operator=(3) manual page. mwah, stay joinable-safe, bestie 💋🌸