RE: [boost] Re: New file uploaded to boost

From: Gary Powell (Gary.Powell_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-05-23 16:14:32

> Perhaps not in a first release of the threads library, but one could use 
> expression templates to make "i = (i+2)/2" safe. Delay evaluation until an
> 
> assignment operation is reached. On assignment it acquires a lock,
> performs 
> the evaluation and assignment, and then releases the lock.
> 
Yet another cool application of Expression Templates!

It wouldn't solve the 
  i = (i +2)/2;
  j = (j +3)/3;

But for what Beman wanted it would work quite well.

  Yours,
 -gary-

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