[boost] Re: Moving Boost.Thread forward

From: Michael Glassford (glassfordm_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-12-17 08:20:12

Howard Hinnant wrote:
> On Dec 15, 2003, at 8:45 AM, Michael Glassford wrote:
> 
>> What I'm really interested in  doing, however, is getting the 
>> rw_mutex  and
>> related classes that are in the thread_dev branch into releasable  
>> shape and
>> then getting them into a release; I think I can do this because I use  
>> them
>> and have invested a lot of time in understanding, cleaning up, and  
>> somewhat
>> improving them (though my changes are not in CVS and haven't even been
>> posted yet).
> 
> 
> Fwiw, I took a look at the rw_mutex about five months ago and posted  this:
> 
> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.boost.devel/22094/ 
> match=+lock++thread+version
> 
> And after a little further reflection posted:
> 
> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.boost.devel/22140/ 
> match=+lock++thread+version
> 
> I've since settled on the name lock_both instead of lock2 as proposed  
> in my second post.

I've looked at both of the links above and find your suggestions 
interesting. I'll definitely consider them when I get around to the 
rw_mutex stuff; I'm sure you'll hear more from me then.

> I can contribute interface suggestions, but not implementation.
> 
> -Howard
> 
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