Re: New file uploaded to boost

From: John (EBo) David (ebo_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-05-24 00:15:57

williamkempf_at_[hidden] writes:

> > That's what I mean about atomic_t being a red herring.  Forget 
> about 
> > it.  There is nothing wrong with a mutex.
> 
> No, but there is something wrong with a mutex being used at this 
> granularity.
> 
> [snip] ...
>
> That's simple addition, not a full range of integral operations, so 
> it's not much of an example of the need for a full 
> thread_safe_int_least32_t. 
> [snip] ...

could people list a couple of specific examples that would be
appropriate for a full thread_safe_int_least32_t usage?  That would form
a wonderful regression/unit test basis...

  EBo --