How to get a pointer to the thread that called it in a function?

Question

C++ / C#

I create a thread (thread):
std::thread *thr = new std::thread(&MyClass::threadFunc, this);
How now in the MyClass::threadFunc() function to get a pointer to the thread that called it?

Answer 1

In the standard library, you can get the thread id. You can try to compare it with a pre-stored id.
In Qt, you can get a pointer to a thread like this:
or find out which thread an object is in:
QThread * QObject::thread() const

Answer 2

Do you want to have a std::thread* pointer inside MyClass?
-Make this pointer global.
- Pass the pointer through the class method MyClass.
-Make a global function to access this pointer.
-Make a global singleton class to access this pointer.
-Make a class method that spawns this very thread, which is a member of the class.
- etc.

Answer 3

Not really, but why would you even need it? For sleeping there is std::this_thread. Well, calling the methods of the thread object from the thread itself is pretty crazy.