Re: [boost] Re: Repost: Lock Classes

From: Kevin Atkinson (kevin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-03-01 10:17:46

On Sat, 1 Mar 2003, Thorsten Ottosen wrote:

> First I want to say that I'm not experienced with multitherading, but I
> would like to see a standard lib
> to solve these situations.
> 
> A small question about enforcing correct parameter passing: you have these
> typedefs :
> 
>   // These locks should never be passed by value to functions.
>   // Instead use the following typedef to pass by reference:
>   typedef const LockOnly   & WillOnlyLock;
>   typedef const Lock       & WillLock;
>   typedef const UnlockOnly & WillOnlyUnlock;
>   typedef const Unlock     & WillUnlock;
> 
> Is this the best way to enforce this? Why not just make lock objects
> noncopyable?

Um, they are.  This typedef are strictly for convenience and readability.

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