Re: [Boost-users] [Review] Lockfree review starts today, July 18th

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [Review] Lockfree review starts today, July 18th
From: Klaim - Joël Lamotte (mjklaim_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-07-20 14:04:29

On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 18:51, Tim Blechmann <tim_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> >> If Boost.Lockfree will be accepted, it won't be merged into trunk before
> >> Boost.Atomic is accepted.
> >
> > That seems unnecessary.  Can't Boost.Lockfree simply include (a version
> > of) Boost.Atomic as an implementation detail for now?
>
> this would somehow mean to fork boost.atomic, move everying to a `namespace
> detail'. might introduce some maintenance overhead to keep it in sync with
> the
> original library.
>
>
Excuse me if it's common knowledge around here, but I've seen several
libraries relying on boost.atomic that have been reviewed,
so may I ask : why haven't Boost.Atomic been reviewed yet? It looks like
it's already finished and reliable...

Joël Lamotte