Subj : Re: [RFC] Boost.Threads on its way to C++0x
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Ben Hutchings
Date : Fri Apr 29 2005 02:03 am

Peter Dimov wrote:
<snip>
> So... I ask you to please take a look at Boost.Threads:
> 
> http://boost.org/doc/html/threads.html
> 
> and the Dinkumware implementation:
> 
> http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2004/n1682.html
> 
> (Metrowerks also ships a threading library with CodeWarrior but I don't have 
> a link.)
> 
> If you see anything broken, please comment.

The two thread constructors are a crime against type-safety.  Thread
starter/joiners and identifiers should be separate types.

xtime and xtime_get are clearly incomplete and ought to be fleshed
out into a proper timer library (though that deserves a separate
proposal).

tss should support custom deleters.  The only time I used it, I
didn't want it to delete at all.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
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                   Among economists, the real world is often a special case.

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