Re: [boost] boost] [thread] Interest in a locking pointer and lockable concept

From: klaus triendl (klaus_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-04-02 16:50:27

Frank Mori Hess schrieb:
> Incidentally, I find the example usage of lock acquirers in the 
> thread_lockable examples a bit verbose and dangerous.  That is stuff like:
> 
> mbox::writelock_acquirer<mutexlockable_int> int_lock(*pLockableInt);
> int& i = access_acquiree(int_lock);
> i = 5;
> 
> Why not just support operator* (and operator-> for calling class methods) on 
> the lock_acquirer class?  Then you could do something like:

I like the less verbose method with operator*... the intent is to force 
a named lvalue lock_acquirer object.

> mbox::writelock_acquirer<mutexlockable_int> int_lock(*pLockableInt);
> *int_lock = 5;

But what prevents me from writing:
int& i = *int_lock;

Klaus