How to suspend (and resume) 'std::thread' from another thread?
c++, c++11, multithreading, std, stdthread
Solution
Because `sleep_for` is synchronous, it only really makes sense in the current thread. What you want is a way to suspend / resume other threads. The standard does not provide a way to do this (afaik), but you can use platform-dependent methods using `native_handle`.
For example on Windows, `SuspendThread` and `ResumeThread`.
But more important is that there is almost never a need to do this. Usually when you encounter basic things you need that the standard doesn't provide, it's a red flag that you're heading down a dangerous design path. Consider accomplishing your bigger goal in a different way.
Problem
I am new to `std::thread`. I need to put a `std::thread` to sleep from another thread, is that possible? In examples, all I see is code like: ``` std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::seconds(1)); ``` But what I want to do is something like: ``` std::thread t([]{...}); t.sleep(std::chrono::seconds(1)); ``` or `sleep(t, std::chrono::seconds(1));` Any ideas?