Break the infinity thread loop using boost::this

// stop_while_thread.cpp : // #include "stdafx.h" #include <boost/thread.hpp> #include <iostream> using namespace std; void thread_proc() { try { while(true) { boost::this_thread::interruption_point(); cout << "Processing..." << endl; boost::this_thread::sleep(boost::posix_time::seconds(1)); } } catch(...) { cout << "Catch interruption." << endl; } } int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[]) { cout << "max concurrency thread cnt = " << boost::thread::hardware_concurrency() << endl; boost::thread t1(thread_proc); string str; while(str != "quit") { cin >> str; if(str == "break") { cout << "kill thread." << endl; t1.interrupt(); } } cout << "main exit."; system("pause"); return 0; }