where's the sleep() func?

[Everall]

I'm using a Qt/X11 Open Source 4.1.0 snapshot

What version are you using. If I remember well, this was new to 4.1.

Cheers

[high_flyer]

no, Qt3X had it as well.

[Everall]

no, Qt3X had it as well.

I think we are talking about different things here.
I was referring to
QTest::qSleep ( int ms )
which is new to QT4.1 i believe

not
QThread::sleep ( unsigned long secs )...
which was in Qt3X already as you said.

Our posts must have been made at about the same time.

Cheers

[TheKedge]

Thanks, that's exactly what I need. Erm, just one thing .. if I call
QThread::msleep(10);
I get a compiler error cos it's static protected. I'm not going to have to subclass my object am I? i.e. inheirit QThread?

Kev

[Everall]

I'm not going to have to subclass my object am I? i.e. inheirit QThread?

I'm not going to have to subclass my object am I? i.e. inheirit QThread?

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To create your own threads, you have to subclass QThread and reimplement run()

By the way, have you checked your QT version?

[TheKedge]

Sure, but I don't want another thread. I just want a sleep() func - something to suspend the main thread. A QThread::sleep() i.e. a public static func, would be perfect. Or alternativly, a QThread::currentThread()->sleep() would also do nicely. But I can't do it that way cos the sleep funcs are static protected.

anyway, I'm running 4.0.1 I guess I can update and as you suggest try a QTest::

thanks
K

[high_flyer]

Yes but sleep IS per thread.
And makes no sense to make a GUI thread (the main thread) sleep.
I don't know however what happens if you want to use sleep in a console application with Qt4...
But this thread might prove interesting for you:
http://lists.trolltech.com/qt-intere...ad00380-0.html
from that thread:

#include <qthread.h>
 
class I : public QThread
{
public:
	static void sleep(unsigned long secs) {
		QThread::sleep(secs);
	}
	static void msleep(unsigned long msecs) {
		QThread::msleep(msecs);
	}
	static void usleep(unsigned long usecs) {
		QThread::usleep(usecs);
	}
};

#include <qthread.h>

class I : public QThread
{
public:
	static void sleep(unsigned long secs) {
		QThread::sleep(secs);
	}
	static void msleep(unsigned long msecs) {
		QThread::msleep(msecs);
	}
	static void usleep(unsigned long usecs) {
		QThread::usleep(usecs);
	}
};

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[TheKedge]

Well, you know what? that's exactly what I want to do, and that's exactly why I want to do it. And, I think, that's exactly how I'll do it!

thanks very much,
Kev