[boost] Re: Future of Boost.Thread part II

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-02-11 11:33:06

Michael Glassford wrote:

>> 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?

With the caveat that I do not use threads all that much, I can ask for
- barrier (needed it recently, and besides, it's already on thread_dev
branch).
- thread-safe queue (no immediate need, but is likely to arise in future)

- Volodya