Re: Boost.Threads - name of the "thread" type

From: williamkempf_at_[hidden]
Date: 2001-06-22 09:36:20

--- In boost_at_y..., "Peter Dimov" <pdimov_at_m...> wrote:
> From: <williamkempf_at_h...>
> 
> > > It can be nice to first set up bunch of threads and then start 
them.
> >
> > In general this isn't a common need.  Why must a group of threads 
be
> > started at the same (or nearly same) time?  If they are properly
> > parallel processes they shouldn't have a need for this.  If you
> > really have a need for this it would be nearly as easy to 
explicitly
> > code for it using a condition variable instead of having this
> > functionality built into the library.
> 
> _If_ a thread is noncopyable and cannot be two-phase constructed, 
how can
> you have a container, or a C-style array, of threads? You may not 
want to
> use the heap.

The original semantics *were* copyable, making this a non-issue.

Bill Kempf