Re: [boost] Re: Threads: monitors vs. primitives

From: Greg Colvin (gcolvin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-08-11 14:42:07

From: <scleary_at_[hidden]>
> > . . .  The problem here, though, is 
> > correctness.  An event based implementation is subject to the "lost 
> > wakeup bug".  See http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/win32-cv-1.html 
> > for a good article on the issue.
> 
> That *is* a good article!  I stand corrected.  One question: should our
> definition of CV include a signal() operation?
> 
> > BTW, I'm not new to the concept of a monitor.
> 
> Neither am I, of course.  :)

And neither is Proffessor Schmidt
    http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/PDF/monitor.pdf