[boost] Re: thread review (part 2)

From: John Maddock (John_Maddock_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-09-09 05:55:08

>I'm not familiar enough with the system to comment.  Testing via the 
>Boost.Build system works, though I've asked David Abrahams for some 
>changes to that as well.  I believe there's talk of interfacing the 
>regression system with the build system?

I believe so, but I don't think it can produce html summaries or compiler
logs yet...

>Conditions are signalled in both the test_condition_notify_one() and 
>test_condition_notify_all() tests, or am I missing something in what 
>your saying here?

No, my mistake, I missed those, apologies.

>I can't be 100% sure that the test is all conclusive.  During 
>development I did find I had to add a test or two that was missed.  
>However, I covered as much as I could.  Testing threads isn't an easy 
>task and I expect we'll add further tests as we go.

No kidding, I'm glad you're writing these and not me ;-)

- John Maddock
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/john_maddock/