[boost] Re: shared_ptr and BOOST_DISABLE_THREADS

From: Daniel Krügler (dsp_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-04-23 04:12:27

Bronek Kozicki schrieb:
> Peter Dimov <pdimov_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> 
>>Nothing. The implementation of shared_ptr needs a serious redesign WRT
>>thread safety, which is planned but requires free time on my part,
>>which is currently in short supply, although I've got some ordered.
> 
> 
> Are there any chance of using reference linking instead of counter
> allocated on heap, or at least some serious optimization (ie. memory
> pool) in regard to this heap allocation?
> 
> 
> B.

Reference linking is really great stuff in (single-thread) theory, but
unfortunatly it seems to have lots of difficulties in mt world. (At 
least this seemed to be the consensus opinion to a similar question of 
mine in c.l.c.moderated).

Daniel