Re: [boost] Re: multi threading support

From: Kevlin Henney (kevlin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-05-31 12:34:59

In message <04fd01bfcb24$bfb4c6a0$b10f05d4_at_schobi>, Hendrik Schober
<boost_at_[hidden]> writes
>> [...]
>> Bjarne Stroustrup gave a talk (technetcast from somewhere) where he
>> mentioned he was going to publish an article regarding a neatly transparent
>> concurrency idea.  From memory, he was overloading operator-> to lock on use
>> and the object returned from the operator-> would unlock.  Has anyone a
>> reference to this?
>
>  Maybe this: 
>  
>  > Features
>  > Wrapping C++ Member Function Calls
>  > Bjarne Stroustrup
>  > This article presents a simple, general, and efficient
>  > solution for wrapping calls to member functions of a class in
>  > pairs of prefix and suffix code. The solution is nonintrusive,
>  > applies to existing classes, allows the use of several prefix/
>  > suffix pairs, and can be implemented in 15 simple lines of
>  > Standard C++. Stroustrup organizes his discussion around a
>  > series of examples evolving the basic idea into a final robust
>  > template class.

I think this technique also came up on Boost last year. I first applied
and presented it ~1995, and I'm sure there must be examples from before
that, so I guess it's been around a while.

I was about to write a column for C++ Report on the very same topic when
Herb fortunately pointed out that Bjarne had already done so! However,
if anyone's interested I have a current paper (submitted to EuroPLoP)
that includes coverage of this idiom.
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