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

From: jsiek_at_[hidden]
Date: 2000-08-14 13:26:57

Ahh, thanks for bringing this up Dave! Member functions are a bad
habit... residual from years of OO training :)

David Abrahams writes:
 > From: "William Kempf" <sirwillard_at_[hidden]>
 > 
 > > As for the other issue, whether to put wait() in the CV or the lock,
 > > I think Jeremy has a stronger argument here.  I still think that
 > > conceptually it makes more sense to say lock.wait(cv), but the
 > > coupling is better with cv.wait(lock) and since pthreads are closer
 > > to the latter I can live with it.
 > 
 > Just to add another mind-expanding data point: I have a cross-platform IPC
 > library (unsuitable for boost) which includes the ability to wait for
 > incoming data on a pipe or a set of pipes. The wait() functions are at
 > namespace scope. Please consider functions at namespace scope in lieu of
 > member functions!
 > 
 > -Dave