Re: [boost] [boost.thread] Atomic condition notify/mutex lock

From: Eugene Prystupa (prystupa_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-11-28 20:19:02

Thanks, Chris. In fact I already "hand-crafted" a primitive to do that, I 
was just hoping there is a publicly tested solution available.

- Eugene

"Chris Thomasson" <cristom_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
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> "Eugene Prystupa" <prystupa_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
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>> I'm trying to find a way to atomically pulse a condition variable and 
>> acquire a mutex, something I get used to in the .Net world. It doesn't 
>> seem that this operation exists in boost/thread. Anyone has done this 
>> with boost? Thanks, Eugene
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> Well, you can do the condition variable stuff with an eventcount w/ 
> waiters-bit. You can steal another bit, for the mutex. Unfortunately for 
> you, C/C++ is a means to actually develop the synchronization primitive 
> from pretty much scratch. C/C++ is low-level enough to interface nicely 
> with Assembly Language. You are going to probably have to handcraft the 
> sync, or hire a consultant that specializes in advanced multi-threading 
> techniques.
>
> Can't you look at the source to a .Net implementation and see how they use 
> C++ to implement their particular algorithm?
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