Re: [boost] [Boost-users] Forthcoming Boost.Fiber review

Subject: Re: [boost] [Boost-users] Forthcoming Boost.Fiber review
From: Oliver Kowalke (oliver.kowalke_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-12-20 10:19:49

2013/12/18 Nat Goodspeed <nat_at_[hidden]>

> Hi all,
>
> The review of Boost.Fiber by Oliver Kowalke is scheduled from Monday, January
> 6th to January 12th.
>
> -----------------------------------------------------
> About the library:
>
> Boost.Fiber provides a framework for micro-/userland-threads (fibers)
> scheduled cooperatively. The API contains classes and functions to manage
> and synchronize fibers similar to Boost.Thread. Each fiber has its own
> stack.
>
> A fiber can save the current execution state, including all registers and
> CPU flags, the instruction pointer, and the stack pointer and later restore
> this state. The idea is to have multiple execution paths running on a
> single thread using a sort of cooperative scheduling (versus threads, which
> are preemptively scheduled). The running fiber decides explicitly when it
> should yield to allow another fiber to run (context switching). Boost.Fiberinternally uses coroutines from
> Boost.Coroutine <http://ok73.funpic.de/boost/libs/coroutine/index.html>;
> the classes in this library manage, schedule and, when needed, synchronize
> those coroutines. A context switch between threads usually costs thousands
> of CPU cycles on x86, compared to a fiber switch with a few hundred cycles.
> A fiber can only run on a single thread at any point in time.
>
> docs: http://ok73.funpic.de/boost/libs/fiber/doc/html/index.html
>

> git: https://github.com/olk/boost-fiber
> src: http://ok73.ok.funpic.de/boost.fiber.zip
>

>
>  ---------------------------------------------------
>
> Naturally, you need not wait until the review formally opens to start
> reviewing the Fiber library. Please always state in your review whether you
> think the library should be accepted as a Boost library!
>
> Additionally please consider giving feedback on the following general
> topics:
>
> - What is your evaluation of the design?
> - What is your evaluation of the implementation?
> - What is your evaluation of the documentation?
> - What is your evaluation of the potential usefulness of the library?
> - Did you try to use the library? With what compiler? Did you have any
> problems?
> - How much effort did you put into your evaluation? A glance? A quick
> reading? In-depth study?
> - Are you knowledgeable about the problem domain?
> Nat Goodspeed
> Boost.Fiber Review Manager
>

the documentation is now available at
http://olk.github.io/libs/fiber/doc/html/ too (no popup-windows)