error: initializing argument 3 of ‘int pthread_create(pthread_t*, const pthread_attr_t*, void* (*)

#include <stdio.h>

#include <pthread.h>

 void thread(void)
 {
     int i;
     for(i=0;i<3;i++)
     printf("This is a pthread.\n");
 }
 int main(void)
 {
     pthread_t id;
     int i,ret;
     ret=pthread_create(&id,NULL,(void *) thread,NULL);
     for(i=0;i<3;i++)
         printf("This is the main process.\n");
     pthread_join(id,NULL);
     return 0;

 }

这里用gcc编译通过
scar@scar:~$ gcc -o pthread *.c -lpthread
scar@scar:~$ ./pthread
This is the main process.
This is the main process.
This is the main process.
This is a pthread.
This is a pthread.
This is a pthread.

//g++编译失败
scar@scar:~$ g++ -o pthread *.c -lpthread
example.c: In function ‘int main()’:
example.c:13: error: invalid conversion from ‘void*’ to ‘void* (*)(void*)’
example.c:13: error:   initializing argument 3 of ‘int pthread_create(pthread_t*, const pthread_attr_t*, void* (*)(void*), void*)’


原因：

C++禁止将void指针随意赋值给其他指针。
因此你在把void thread(void)函数的入口转换为void*，然后当作参数调用pthread_create时就出现错误，因为pthread_create的参数里应该是指向形如void* fun(void*)函数的一个指针。
可以修改void thread(void)为void* thread(void*)，然后去掉调用时的(void*)强制转换。