Re: [boost] Re: problem with shared_ptr

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-11-18 08:24:23

Alexander Terekhov wrote:
> Peter Dimov wrote:
> [...]
>> ... and please report the results. It would also help if you can try
>> the same test with #define BOOST_LWM_USE_CRITICAL_SECTION.
>
> MS CRITICAL_SECTION impl seem to "handoff" lock ownership. That's not
> good.

Handoff lock ownership? This is code speak for what?

> http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=3FA61F96.223FDE85%40web.de

This looks like a non-broken lightweight_mutex for Win32. Too much left to
the reader, though, as usual. ;-) Anyway, the plan is to drop the lwm after
1.31 and go the interlocked* route on win32.