[boost] Re: Boost.Threads: Do we need all those mutexes?

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-07-07 10:59:33

"Peter Dimov" <pdimov_at_[hidden]> writes:

> This is certainly possible, but I don't see what the additional complexity
> buys us.
>
>     TryLock l( m, false );
>
>     if( l.try_lock() )
>     {
>     }
>
> looks acceptable to me.
>
>     TryLock l( m, non_blocking );
>
>     if( l.locked() )
>     {
>     }
>
> doesn't seem much of an improvement.

It does to me.  I like names that say what they mean; false could
easily be misinterpreted.

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Dave Abrahams
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