Re: [boost] Use of boost threads & singleton pattern

From: Daniel Wallin (dalwan01_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-09-27 20:50:12

At 02:57 2003-09-28, Howard Hinnant wrote:
>>In that case, couldn't you allocate the scoped_lock dynamically and move it
>>when copying?
>
>I was really hoping to avoid heap allocation on this one.

Even if it's pooled? Something like this:

locked_ptr<X> singleton()
{
    static X x;
    static locker_pool p;
    return locked_ptr<X>(&x, p.allocate());
}

(sample implementation attached)

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Daniel Wallin