Hi All<div>Only today In the Thread library I noticed in the synchronization section the classes <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; "> <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a class="link" href="http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_42_0/doc/html/thread/synchronization.html#thread.synchronization.futures.reference.unique_future" title="unique_future class template" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 90, 156); ">boost</a></span><span class="special" style="color: rgb(112, 112, 112); "><a class="link" href="http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_42_0/doc/html/thread/synchronization.html#thread.synchronization.futures.reference.unique_future" title="unique_future class template" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 90, 156); ">::</a></span><span class="identifier" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a class="link" href="http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_42_0/doc/html/thread/synchronization.html#thread.synchronization.futures.reference.unique_future" title="unique_future class template" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 90, 156); ">unique_future</a>, </span></code><a class="link" href="http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_42_0/doc/html/thread/synchronization.html#thread.synchronization.futures.reference.shared_future" title="shared_future class template" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 90, 156); "><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">boost</span><span class="special" style="color: rgb(112, 112, 112); ">::</span><span class="identifier" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">shared_future</span></code></a> and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a class="link" href="http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_42_0/doc/html/thread/synchronization.html#thread.synchronization.futures.reference.promise" title="promise class template" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 90, 156); ">boost</a></span><span class="special" style="color: rgb(112, 112, 112); "><a class="link" href="http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_42_0/doc/html/thread/synchronization.html#thread.synchronization.futures.reference.promise" title="promise class template" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 90, 156); ">::</a></span><span class="identifier" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a class="link" href="http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_42_0/doc/html/thread/synchronization.html#thread.synchronization.futures.reference.promise" title="promise class template" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 90, 156); ">promise</a>.</span></code></span></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="monospace"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; line-height: normal; ">Are these classes  the  same  &quot;futures and promises&quot; of  the the next C++0x classes or it is missing something in the current boost implementation?</span></span></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="monospace"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; line-height: normal; ">I would like to start getting confident with these new tools, but I would like also to know what are the difference with the ones that will come out in the C++0x.</span></span></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="monospace"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; line-height: normal; ">Thanks for any advice</span></span></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="monospace"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; line-height: normal; ">AFG</span></span></font></div>
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