Subj : Re: [RFC] Boost.Threads on its way to C++0x
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Ben Hutchings
Date : Fri Apr 29 2005 02:13 am

Joe Seigh wrote:
<snip> 
> It doesn't look like any changes at the language level, so the whole
> range of threading issues like word tearing, false sharing, etc...
> isn't being addressed.  Plus the issues that will show up with lock-free
> programming like atomicity, memory visibility, compiler optimization
> directives, storage attributes, etc...
<snip>

That's a separate proposal.  See
<http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2004/n1680.pdf>,
<http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2005/n1777.pdf>,
and archived discussions:
<http://decadentplace.org.uk/pipermail/cpp-threads_decadentplace.org.uk/>.

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Ben Hutchings
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