VSCode C ++-#include <thread>

Question

I'm using Visual Studio Code with C++ extension and g++ as my compiler. I'm trying to get my environment configured for threading but not having much luck. I tried installing POSIX threading via MinGW Installer but I'm not really sure how to include it properly in my project or include paths.

#include <string>
#include <iostream>
#include <thread>

void task1(string msg){
    cout << "task1 says: " << msg;
}

int main(){
    std::thread t1(task1, "Hello");
    t1.join();
}

In this case #include does not an error but std::thread is undefined.

c_cpp_properties.json:

{
    "name": "Win32",
    "intelliSenseMode": "clang-x64",
    "includePath": [
        "${workspaceRoot}",
        "C:/MinGW/lib/gcc/mingw32/6.3.0/include/c++",
        "C:/MinGW/lib/gcc/mingw32/6.3.0/include/c++/mingw32",
        "C:/MinGW/lib/gcc/mingw32/6.3.0/include/c++/backward",
        "C:/MinGW/lib/gcc/mingw32/6.3.0/include",
        "C:/MinGW/include",
        "C:/MinGW/lib/gcc/mingw32/6.3.0/include-fixed"
    ],
    "defines": [
        "_DEBUG",
        "UNICODE",
        "__GNUC__=6",
        "__cdecl=__attribute__((__cdecl__))",
        "__SIZE_TYPE__=long long unsigned int"
    ],
    "browse": {
        "path": [
            "C:/MinGW/lib/gcc/mingw32/6.3.0/include",
            "C:/MinGW/lib/gcc/mingw32/6.3.0/include-fixed",
            "C:/MinGW/include/*"
        ],
        "limitSymbolsToIncludedHeaders": true,
        "databaseFilename": ""
    },
    "cStandard": "c11",
    "cppStandard": "c++17"
}

Answer 1

Turns out thread isn't really supported...

#include <thread>

But POSIX threads are so I ended up using them instead:

#include <pthread.h>