Re: [boost] smart_ptr thread safety

From: Greg Colvin (gcolvin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-04-26 20:34:14

From: Trevor Perrin <tperrin_at_[hidden]>
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> I was wondering what the current thinking is on making the smart pointers
> threadsafe.  Is it likely that Boost.Threads would be used for this purpose?

Yes.

> If so (or if not), how efficient is a threadsafe implementation likely to
> be?  I've noticed that gcc's basic_string is reference-counted and uses
> inlined assembly to access atomic instructions.  Is that a strategy boost is
> likely to follow?

Yes, for those platforms that someone cares enough about to craft the
assembly.

> Trevor
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