Re: [boost] Re: Threads docs updated in CVS

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-08-13 13:51:17

From: "Alexander Terekhov" <terekhov_at_[hidden]>

> > synchronized_queue<int> q;

Actually the queue need not even be synchronized. :-)

> > event e;
>   ^^^^^^^
>   auto-reset event, i guess..

Yep.

> > Did I utterly miss the point? :-)
>
> probably. you have introduced a race
> condition which could result in q.pop()
> throwing "queue empty" exception; unless
> you have only one worker thread.

Yep, one queue per thread. Just like the original example - one CV per
thread - unless I misinterpreted it.

Notifying a pool of threads (load balancing) is a different story.

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Peter Dimov
Multi Media Ltd.