error: 'std::this_thread' has not been declared

Question

I try to use std::this_thread::sleep_for() function but got the error
error: 'std::this_thread' has not been declared.
The flag _GLIBCXX_USE_NANOSLEEP included.
What else is needed to force it to work?
MinGW ==> gcc version 4.7.2 (GCC)

SSCCE:

#include<thread>

int main() {
  std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::seconds(3));
}

command line:

g++ -D_GLIBCXX_USE_NANOSLEEP -std=gnu++0x ssce.cpp -o ssce.exe

result of compilation:

ssce.cpp: In function 'int main()':
ssce.cpp:4:8: error: 'std::this_thread' has not been declared

Solution

Use MinGW with POSIX threads, Luke.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingwbuilds/

Comments

[kennytm]

Have you #include <thread>?

[Lightness Races in Orbit]

Please present a real testcase, so your ten-line example C++ program and your build command.

[Some programmer dude]

Do you build with the -std=c++11 flag?

[Stephan Dollberg]

MinGw doesn't support threading features out of the box.