MultiFibering?

Hi,

Does anyone know what these "FIBER" things are? They come with newer windows.

Code:

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#include "stdafx.h"
#include <windows.h>
#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

HANDLE hSemaphore;

void ThreadProc(){
        for(int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
                cout << "Fiber : " << i << endl;

}

void main(){

        ::ConvertThreadToFiber(NULL);

        LPVOID fi = CreateFiber(0, (LPFIBER_START_ROUTINE)ThreadProc, NULL);
       
        ::SwitchToFiber(fi);

        ::DeleteFiber(fi);
 
        for(int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
                cout << "Main : " << i << endl;

}

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The "main" is not even executed onse SwitchToFiber call.

OK... got something more:

Code:

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#include <windows.h>
#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

HANDLE hSemaphore;

void ThreadProc(LPVOID* lp){
        for(int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
                cout << "Fiber : " << i << endl;

        SwitchToFiber(GetFiberData());

}

void main(){

        ::ConvertThreadToFiber(NULL);

        LPVOID fi = CreateFiber(0, (LPFIBER_START_ROUTINE)ThreadProc, GetCurrentFiber());
       
        ::SwitchToFiber(fi);

        ::DeleteFiber(fi);
 
        for(int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
                cout << "Main : " << i << endl;

}

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What are these for?

They are similar to threads, however, the application controls when and if the Fibers switch between each other, instead of Windows.

Z.

Thanks.

This is exactly what I need for my server app. Except, do they run on 9x systems?

Not to answer the question but when people enter code. why not turn off smilies, The DISABLE Smilies

Allright. But it is fairly simple to decode with smiles.

lol :) i kinda like the smilies though, it seems to live-en up the code lol

From MSDN, CreateFiber():

Quote:

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Windows NT: Requires version 3.51 SP3 or later.
Windows: Requires Windows 98 or later.
Windows CE: Unsupported.
Header: Declared in winbase.h.
Import Library: Use kernel32.lib.

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Z.