RE: [boost] Re: Boost.Threads - 'lock' name (was Re: Boost.Thread

From: Aleksey Gurtovoy (alexy_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-07-21 22:10:02

Vesa Karvonen wrote:
> From: "Aleksey Gurtovoy" <alexy_at_[hidden]>
> > Vesa Karvonen wrote:
> > > Personally, I have been using a class template 'locked',
> > > which is basically a handle to a lockable or guarded
> > > object/resource. It is similar to, but not the same as, the
> > > LockingPtr presented in
> > > http://www.cuj.com/experts/1902/alexandr.htm?topic=experts.
> > > The main implementation difference is that lockable only
> > > stores a single pointer.
> 
> Actually, 'locked' doesn't use the volatile/const_cast<> 
> thing either, which can be thought of as being even more 
> significant. However, the basic intent behind 'locked', 
> 'LockingPtr', and 'locking_ptr' is the same.

That's what I believe in too. Unfortunately, Andrei didn't seem to be
convinced about that, maybe because the whole discussion was too
overwhelmed.

Aleksey