Simplified example

examples/timer_ex.cpp

@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 
 
 /*
-    This is an example illustrating the use of the timer object.
+    This is an example illustrating the use of the timer object from the dlib C++ Library.
 
-    The timer object is an object that calls some user specified member function
-    in its own thread at regular intervals.
+    The timer is an object that calls some user specified member function at regular
+    intervals from another thread.
 */
 
 
@@ -21,25 +21,6 @@ using namespace std;
 class timer_example
 {
 public:
-    timer_example(
-    ) : 
-        // Here we construct our timer object.  It needs two things.  The second argument is
-        // the member function it is going to call at regular intervals and the first
-        // argument is the object instance it will call that member function on.
-        t(*this,&timer_example::action_function)
-    {
-        // set the timer object to trigger every second
-        t.set_delay_time(1000);
-
-        // start the timer.  It will start calling the action function 
-        // 1 second from this call to start.
-        t.start();
-    }
-
-private:
-
-    timer<timer_example> t;
-
     void action_function()
     {
         // print out a message so we can see that this function is being triggered
@@ -53,8 +34,22 @@ int main()
 {
     timer_example e;
 
-    // sleep for 10 seconds before letting the program end
+    // Here we construct our timer object.  It needs two things.  The second argument is
+    // the member function it is going to call at regular intervals and the first argument
+    // is the object instance it will call that member function on.
+    timer<timer_example> t(e, &timer_example::action_function);
+
+    // Set the timer object to trigger every second
+    t.set_delay_time(1000);
+
+    // Start the timer.  It will start calling the action function 1 second from this call
+    // to start.
+    t.start();
+
+    // Sleep for 10 seconds before letting the program end.  
     dlib::sleep(10000);
+
+    // The timer will destruct itself properly and stop calling the action_function.
 }
 
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