Re: [boost] Re: Re: [Threads] Much faster try_mutex on Windows NT

From: Adal Chiriliuc (adal_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-03-22 16:08:50

On Monday, March 22, 2004 Michael Glassford wrote:
> However, why not call your TryCriticalInit() function using
> the Boost.Thread call_once() function?

I've thought about using call_once, but I worried that it might be
possible for this function to use internally a boost mutex so we would
have a circular dependency. I looked now through it's code and it
seems safe to use.

> I'll work on something like this and look at timed_mutex when I move
> the mutex implementation from the thread_dev to the main branch.

OK.

Adal Chiriliuc