Re: [boost] Re: Boost.threads standardization wishlist

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-01-24 18:05:57

At 02:01 PM 1/24/2002, bill_kempf wrote:

 >> but what about, for example,
 >> programmers working in an embedded environment in which there is no
 >> concept of threads/processes?
 >
 >There will be no requirement for them to support threads.  This is
 >obviously true in Boost.Threads, and my understanding is that this is
 >the thinking of the Committee members as well.

Yes.  The committee is working on a type 2 Technical Report.  Such TR's are 
non-normative.  That means a conforming implementation will not be required 
to provide anything in the TR.

--Beman