Update Thread class with new features. Update documentation.

Author: endurodave

.github/workflows/cmake_clang.yml

@@ -3,18 +3,18 @@ name: Clang
 on:
   push:
     branches:
-      - master  # Trigger on push 
+      - master  # Trigger on push
   pull_request:
     branches:
-      - master   # Trigger on pull 
+      - master  # Trigger on pull
 
 jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest  # Use Ubuntu environment for the build
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout code
-      uses: actions/checkout@v2  # Checkout the repository code
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4  # Checkout the repository code
 
     - name: Configure CMake with Clang
       run: cmake -S . -B build -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=clang -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang++  # Configure CMake with Clang as the compiler

.github/workflows/cmake_ubuntu.yml

@@ -3,21 +3,21 @@ name: Ubuntu
 on:
   push:
     branches:
-      - master  # Trigger on push 
+      - master  # Trigger on push
   pull_request:
     branches:
-      - master   # Trigger on pull 
+      - master  # Trigger on pull
 
 jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest  # Use Ubuntu environment for the build
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout code
-      uses: actions/checkout@v2  # Checkout the repository code
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4  # Checkout the repository code
 
     - name: Configure CMake
-      run: cmake -S . -B build # Configure CMake to generate build files in 'build' directory
+      run: cmake -S . -B build  # Configure CMake to generate build files in 'build' directory
 
     - name: Build
       run: cmake --build build  # Build the project using CMake

.github/workflows/cmake_windows.yml

@@ -3,24 +3,24 @@ name: Windows
 on:
   push:
     branches:
-      - master  # Trigger on push 
+      - master  # Trigger on push
   pull_request:
     branches:
-      - master  # Trigger on pull 
+      - master  # Trigger on pull
 
 jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: windows-latest  # Use Windows environment for the build
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout code
-      uses: actions/checkout@v2  # Checkout the repository code
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4  # Checkout the repository code
 
     - name: Set up Visual Studio
-      uses: microsoft/setup-msbuild@v1.1  # Set up Visual Studio environment (MSBuild)
+      uses: microsoft/setup-msbuild@v2  # Set up Visual Studio environment (MSBuild)
 
     - name: Configure CMake
-      run: cmake -S . -B build -G "Visual Studio 17 2022" # Configure CMake for Visual Studio
+      run: cmake -S . -B build -G "Visual Studio 17 2022"  # Configure CMake for Visual Studio
 
     - name: Build
       run: cmake --build build --config Release  # Build the project using CMake with Release configuration

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -12,11 +12,24 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)
 # Project name and language (C or C++)
 project(StdWorkerThread VERSION 1.0 LANGUAGES CXX)
 
+# Require C++17 for std::optional and std::chrono features
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
+
 # Collect all .cpp source files in the current directory
 file(GLOB SOURCES "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/*.cpp" "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/*.h")
 
 # Add an executable target
 add_executable(StdWorkerThreadApp ${SOURCES})
 
+# Set StdWorkerThreadApp as the default startup project in Visual Studio
+set_property(DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} PROPERTY VS_STARTUP_PROJECT StdWorkerThreadApp)
+
+# Link pthreads on Linux for thread naming support
+if(UNIX)
+    target_link_libraries(StdWorkerThreadApp PRIVATE pthread)
+endif()
+
+