[boost] Re: [shared_ptr] Interlocked* - possible bug?

From: Alexander Terekhov (terekhov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-09-29 06:31:44

Ben Hutchings wrote:
[...]
> > > Having said all that, I feel the naming of functions may give a
> > > false sense of generality and encapsulation when they actually
> > > only work in the way they are being used currently.
> >
> > You mean that
> >
> >   bool expired() {
> >     return lock();

I meant !lock();

> >   }
> >
> > is better?
> 
> Not really.  

I mean that current expired() doesn't synchronize the local view 
of counter and hence may never return true (absent some user's 
synchronization). If I were maintainer, I'd probably strengthen
it... for the sake of saving bandwidth trying to explain it. ;-)

regards,
alexander.