Boost.Threads draft library submission

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Date: 2001-03-14 17:51:19

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Despite the delay I've uploaded a _DRAFT_ library submission for 
Boost.Threads.  It's not 100% ready for prime time, but it's ready to 
share.  Below is a list of things I'd appreciate others on this list 
helping out with:

1) Evaluate the code and documentation much as you would for a formal 
submission.  This particular library is going to need a bit more 
scrutiny than normal, so I'd like to do some of this prior to 
submission.

2) I especially need folks looking at the pthread implementation.  
What I have compiles and works with VC++ using a Win32 port of 
pthreads.  However, it periodically dead locks (running both the 
example program and the test program) and I've yet to figure out 
why.  I don't see an error in the implementation so the problem may 
even be in the Win32 port, so if the problem can't be reproduced on 
other platforms I'll need Win32 users to help out here.

3) I need serious help in creating some sort of build system.  I 
realize this is a touchy subject since Boost doesn't yet have a 
standard way of handling this, but I'll settle for multiple platform 
specific makefiles much as Regex does.  I'm just not qualified to 
handle this part.

At this point I'm open to any and all criticisms.  It's time for me 
to step back from the work I've done and seriously consider ideas 
that others have about this library before formally submitting it.  
Boost.Threads has a lot of interest by some key people and so will 
need very careful consideration (not that any Boost libraries receive 
less than this, but I'm sure people understand the concern here).

Bill Kempf