Added wxThread::GetCurrentId(), which returns an ID for the current

thread, even if it is not a wxThread.


git-svn-id: https://svn.wxwidgets.org/svn/wx/wxWidgets/trunk@13595 c3d73ce0-8a6f-49c7-b76d-6d57e0e08775

docs/latex/wx/thread.tex

@@ -159,6 +159,14 @@ Returns the number of system CPUs or -1 if the value is unknown.
 
 \helpref{SetConcurrency}{wxthreadsetconcurrency}
 
+\membersection{wxThread::GetCurrentId}\label{wxthreadgetcurrentid}
+
+\func{static unsigned long}{GetCurrentId}{\void}
+
+Returns the platform specific thread ID of the current thread as a
+long.  This can be used to uniquely identify threads, even if they are
+not wxThreads.
+
 \membersection{wxThread::GetId}\label{wxthreadgetid}
 
 \constfunc{unsigned long}{GetId}{\void}

include/wx/thread.h

@@ -286,6 +286,11 @@ public:
         // Returns -1 if unknown, number of CPUs otherwise
     static int GetCPUCount();
 
+        // Get the platform specific thread ID and return as a long.  This
+        // can be used to uniquely identify threads, even if they are not
+        // wxThreads.  This is used by wxPython.
+    static unsigned long GetCurrentId();
+
         // sets the concurrency level: this is, roughly, the number of threads
         // the system tries to schedule to run in parallel. 0 means the
         // default value (usually acceptable, but may not yield the best

src/msw/thread.cpp

@@ -647,6 +647,11 @@ int wxThread::GetCPUCount()
     return si.dwNumberOfProcessors;
 }
 
+unsigned long wxThread::GetCurrentId()
+{
+    return (unsigned long)::GetCurrentThreadId();
+}
+
 bool wxThread::SetConcurrency(size_t level)
 {
     wxASSERT_MSG( IsMain(), _T("should only be called from the main thread") );

wxPython/src/helpers.cpp

@@ -441,30 +441,14 @@ PyObject* wxPyConstructObject(void* ptr,
 
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-// TODO:  This should really be wxThread::GetCurrentId(), and I will do so
-//        after I make a quick 2.3.2.1 release.
+
 #ifdef WXP_WITH_THREAD
-#ifdef __WXGTK__  // does wxGTK always use pthreads?
-#include <unistd.h>
-#include <pthread.h>
-#endif
 inline
 unsigned long wxPyGetCurrentThreadId() {
-#ifdef __WXMSW__
-    return (unsigned long)::GetCurrentThreadId();
-#endif
-#ifdef __WXGTK__  // does wxGTK always use pthreads?
-    return (unsigned long)pthread_self();
-#endif
-#ifdef __WXMAC__
-    ThreadID current ;
-    MacGetCurrentThread( &current ) ;
-    return (unsigned long)current;
-#endif
+    return wxThread::GetCurrentId();
 }
 
 
-
 static
 PyThreadState* wxPyGetThreadState() {
     unsigned long ctid = wxPyGetCurrentThreadId();