Re: [boost] RE: On boost.threads

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-09-06 19:36:54

At 04:37 PM 9/6/2001, William Kempf wrote:

 >>BTW why doesn't boost::mutex use a critical section on win32?
 >
 >To avoid having to either include the windows headers in mutex.hpp or
 >require dynamic allocation internally.  During development I was provided 

 >with research that showed that critical sections often actually result in 

 >worse performance than mutexes (surprised me), so it was easier just to
 >implement using a Win32 mutex.

Is that worth a FAQ entry?

--Beman