[boost] Future of Boost.Thread part II

From: Michael Glassford (glassfordm_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-02-11 10:49:40

In the "Future of Boost.Thread" thread, Jeff Garland said:

> I believe exception propagation can be a useful model at times,
    <snip>
> But as I believe I said earlier I hardly believe it is the
> most important capability that should be added to Boost threads.

In another post he said:

> There are lots of other things that boost.threads lacks
> when stacked up against more comprehensive solutions
> which are probably more important than cross-thread exceptions...

In yet another post, Matt Hurd said:

> I do need to set thread priorities however.
> This is more important to me than cancellation.

This leads me to ask, while the interest sparked by the "Future of
Boost.Thread" thread is still hot: what are the most important things,
in your opinion, that Boost.Thread lacks?

Mike