Re: [boost] Re: Lock unification (shared vs. upgradable)

From: Rob Stewart (stewart_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-08-09 11:29:59

From: Alexander Terekhov <terekhov_at_[hidden]>
> Rob Stewart wrote:
> [...]
> > Call me ignorant, but what does "Oder" mean?  www.m-w.com has an
> 
> Try http://dict.leo.org ;-)

No help.  Apparently, "oder" is German for "or."  Your original
message was:

> Howard Hinnant wrote: ...
> 
> void read_write(rw_mutex& m, which_t w) {
>   sharable_lock<rw_mutex, true> read_lock(m);
>   // May need access to many releated which_t's 
>   if (compute_expensive_result(w)) {
>     // Upgrade (blocks upcoming readers while pending)
>     scoped_lock<rw_mutex> write_lock(upgrade(read_lock)); 
>     if (read_lock.atomic_upgrade()) {
>       modify_state(w);
>       if (write_lock.upgrade_pending())
>         register_change(w);
>     }
>     else if (!computation_invalidated(w) || // check registry
>              compute_expensive_result(w)) {
>       modify_state(w);
>       write_lock.upgrade_pending() ?
>         register_change(w) : clear_registry();
>     }
>     else if (!write_lock.upgrade_pending()) {
>       clear_registry();
>     }
>   }
> }
> 
> Oder (verbosity aside for a moment)?

So, you quoted what Howard wrote and then wrote:

"Or (verbosity aside for a moment)?"

Sorry, but it still makes no sense.

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