Re: [boost] singleton: second try

From: Thomas Matelich (sosedada_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-05-31 13:51:21

Branko Èibej wrote:

> I've put a revised version of the singleton class into the vault
> (folder singleton). The interface is completely different, based
> on the many ideas and examples that came up in the discussions in
> the last few weeks; thanks, everyone!
>
> This implementation is still not thread safe (although it should
> be easy to make it so), but it does have a few other nice features:
>
>     - supports singleton class hierarchies and derived singletons;
>     - guarantees destruction of the singleton instance;
>     - provides a mechanism to explicitly define the destruction
>       order of singletons.
>
> There's still no documentation (sorry, sorry), but there are a few
> test cases in the tests folder that show intended usage. I tested
> with MSVC++ and (very) recent versions of g++.
>
> Again, any feedback would be much appreciated.
>
>     Brane
>

I'm not catching the usage of ordering.  Is it necessary for when you have
two active singletons?  Ahh... now I see.  The order in which you create
the ordering objects (remembering to keep related ordering objects in one
file) is the order in which the are destroyed?  Is that right?

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Thomas O Matelich
Senior Software Designer
Zetec, Inc.
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