[boost] Re: thread API

From: Michael Glassford (glassfordm_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-04-22 10:18:04

"Christophe Meessen" <christophe_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
news:4087C462.5080504_at_meessen.net...
> Hello,
>
> I have axamined the thread_dev header file. Unfortunately the cpp
file
> doesn't seem to correspond.

In what way don't they correspond?

> I must admit that the proposed change is a great improvement and
removes
> many objections I had regarding boost thread.

I'm glad it looks good to you.

> Changing the thread object into a handle allows now to copy it. It
is
> then possible to add a thread member variable to a class. A start
method
> can then assign the started thread instance to it. So the gap
between
> boost threads and start&run model gets narrow. The source is one
year
> old. What is the time plan to release it ?

I'm merging the thread_dev branch into the main branch a piece at a
time, after first examining each piece, finishing unfinished bits, and
requesting comments on this list. I've already merged some of the more
independent pieces (barrier class, updated thread_specific_ptr). I'm
currently working on the mutex class, doing something about adding
back the option to build a statically linked version of Boost.Thread,
and updating the docs. I hope to have all of these things in the next
release, which is planned for sometime around the end of June if I
remember correctly. Unfortunately, I'm afraid I won't have time to get
to the thread class and other changes until the release after that,
however.

Mike