Re: detail::atomic_counter

From: williamkempf_at_[hidden]
Date: 2001-11-28 13:20:35

--- In boost_at_y..., "Peter Dimov" <pdimov_at_m...> wrote:
> From: "Mac Murrett" <mmurrett_at_v...>

> > Also, should the implementation of this not be part of 
Boost.Threads?  It
> > would seem to me that implementing this would be part of porting
> > Boost.Threads to a new platform, and so it belongs there.
> 
> It is my opinion that it belongs there as well, but Bill Kempf did 
not agree
> when I brought this up.

This simply isn't true ;).  I don't think that an atomic integer type 
belongs there... at least not with out a lot of very careful 
consideration about what such a type means.  However, an atomic 
reference counter (actually, a MT safe reference counter would be a 
better description) is very much relevant to Boost.Threads.  Just not 
at this stage in it's life cycle.

Bill Kempf