CWT // ClassWithThread, clever eh?{  HANDLE m_hThread; // handle to thread  bool m_bStopThread; // flag to stop thread, could be event too  static DWORD WINAPI threadProc (LPVOID); // thread entrypublic:  CWT ();  // ctor starts thread  ~CWT (); // dtor ends thread};CWT::CWT (){  m_bStopThread = false;  DWORD unusedThreadId;  m_hThread = CreateThread (    NULL, // security attributes    0, // stack size, 0: use default    threadProc, // address of start of thread    this, // LPVOID argument to threadProc, almost always this    0, // additional flags, can use "CreateSuspended" if you want    &unusedThreadId // required field to receive id, not used    );    if (INVALID_HANDLE == m_hThread)    throw nasty_exception (); // somethin'' bad happened}DWORD WINAPI CWT::threadProc (LPVOID pArg){  // almost always, the first thing you do is dereference this  CWT* pCWT = (CWT*) pArg;  // now, you have public, protected & private access to "this"  // through pCWT  pCWT->someMethod (); // etc, etc  // you''ll probably have a loop in your thread--check the  // stop flag every time..  while (!pCWT->m_bStopThread)  {    // do your thing...  }  // got m_bStopThread, do any cleanup you need to then exit  return some_return_code;}CWT::~CWT (){  m_bStopThread = true; // dtor tells thread to stop  // now wait for the thread to exit before continuing  WaitForSingleObject (m_hThread, INFINITE);  CloseHandle (m_hThread); // be nice & clean up handles  // other dtor code}  

    class BaseThread{  static unsigned ThreadKickstart(void *pThread);public:  virtual unsigned ThreadProc() = 0;  virtual ~BaseThread();  virtual bool Start(); // start thread};  

  class IThread{public:  virtual unsigned ThreadProc() = 0;};class Thread{  IThread *pThread;  static unsigned ThreadKickstart(void pThread);public:  Thread(IThread *pInThread);};  

  class mythread : public thread{  int important_variable;public:  mythread() : important_variable(5) {}  virtual void process();};//void mythread::process(){  if(important_variable != 5)    crash();}