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I am trying to add a condition_variable to handle threads, but get a compilation error at this line:

this->cv.wait(lk, []{return this->ready;});

Looks like the for the variable this->ready, the this is not in the right scope.

In Java this can be handled with TestThread.this, is there anything in C++ doing the same?

void TestThread::Thread_Activity()
    {
        std::cout << "Thread started \n";
        // Wait until ThreadA() sends data
        {
            std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lk(m);
            this->cv.wait(lk, []{return ready;});
        }
    
        std::cout << "Thread is processing data\n";
        data += " after processing";
        // Send data back to ThreadA through the condition variable
        {
           // std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lk(m);
            processed = true;
           // std::cout << "Thread B signals data processing completed\n";
        }
    
    }
Guy Avraham
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    Side note: in a different context it may be unnecessary to capture `this` at all. For example, `static` class methods and variables can be used in a lambda without capturing `this`. – Nikita Skybytskyi Nov 10 '20 at 16:17

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You need to capture the this pointer:

this->cv.wait(lk, [this]{return ready;});
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