Re: [boost] Re: mutex_traits<>

From: Jeremy Siek (jsiek_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-01-31 10:02:23

On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, bill_kempf wrote:
willia>
willia> OK, in this particular case I'd be open to that.  If nothing else it
willia> eliminates the concern for not supporting all operations of the
willia> traits class.  However, this isn't the "typical" solution in C++
willia> design that I've seen, and as free functions the above operations
willia> appear to be more open to misuse.  In otherwords, a "newbie" is
willia> likely to see:
willia>
willia> template <typename Mutex>
willia> void lock(Mutex& m);

By free function I didn't mean function template, I was thinking lock()
functions overloaded on the particular mutex types.

willia> and use it then he is if it's wrapped in a traits class.  If that's
willia> the case, why not just expose these methods as public methods in the
willia> Mutex?

Good question, why not? Perhaps you should post your design goals for this
component. I can guess at them... but I might be wrong and so might be
others.

Cheers,
Jeremy

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