I have recently installed Boost 1.36. I am right now experimenting with the Boost.thread library primarily for the purpose of learning and I am trying to use them in the project I am working. I also wish to learn to use asio and interprocess libraries in near future.

I have gone through the documentation about how to use the thread library, but I guess there is nothing mentioned about its design and implementation.

The only reason I am interested in some documentation related to its design and implementation is purely for learning purpose. As Boost libraries are designed mostly by experts, I would like to broaden my horizons “on how to design”. I would not like to be just a user of such expertly designed libraries and would like to learn the ins of designing. Also going through the code would I guess improve my skills.

I did read some include files and also installed cscope on my linux box so that I can go through code easily but its too hard for me to comprehend why the things ie code is written the way it is.

Is some documentation related to implementation of the library available ? I guess no ? Do we just have to comprehend by reading the code ?

Are there some tips for reading the code ( I am even unable to find which file to start from, I am still a newbie )

I just need some tips and guidance.

Thanks & Regards

Kartik Mahajan