Re: [boost] Re: Draft of generation 2 thread class

From: David Abrahams (david.abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-01-18 18:25:30

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From: "bill_kempf" <williamkempf_at_[hidden]>

> Hmmm... interesting thought.  Means ref-counting, but as long as
> these instances aren't shared between threads (and they shouldn't be)
> this isn't going to effect the speed much at all.  I can't envision
> the scenario in which this would actually be useful, but I'm not
> adverse to considering it.  Some further discussion about this would
> be very welcome.

Even if we can't envision a realistic usage scenario that places them in
dynamic memory, just consider the consequences if they are, and you keep the
semantics as written. Cancellation might be turned off permanently, even
though all the disablers are destroyed.