Re: [boost] Re: Boost.Threads - thread_desc concept

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-06-30 14:16:45

At 11:41 AM 6/30/2001, Jeremy Siek wrote:

 >On Sat, 30 Jun 2001, Peter Dimov wrote:
 >> Creation on the heap is orders of magnitude more expensive than 
managing
 >a
 >> reference count.
 >>
 >> This is the major problem I see with a noncopyable design. [This is not
 >> limited to the current discussion, but applies in general.] The design
 >> forces the user to use 'new,' a keyword that has no place in user land.
 >
 >I agree strongly with this. The design should not force the user to call
 >'new'. I'd much rather see a copyable thread_id type.

I've also come around to that view.  We may now all be arguing violently 
about something we all agree on.

--Beman