[boost] Re: More on Boost.Threads

From: Jonathan Biggar (jon_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-10-17 02:42:23

David Abrahams wrote:
> > Although you could have a version of wait that takes another template
> > "action" functor, and call it like this:
> >
> >       cond.wait(predicate, action);
> >
> > and encapsulate the loop entirely.
> 
> I don't see what you're getting at here. The loop is already entirely
> encapsulated in the current version. What's action supposed to do?

Sorry, I meant encapsulating the loop *and* the locking, so it would be
equivalent to:

    lock->acquire();
    while (!predicate())
        cond.wait();
    action();
    lock->release();

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Jon Biggar
Floorboard Software
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