[boost] Re: shared_ptr on ppc?

From: Miro Jurisic (macdev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-04-07 13:33:19

In article <003c01c53b4c$1ec97680$6501a8c0_at_pdimov2>,
 "Peter Dimov" <pdimov_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> Miro Jurisic wrote:
> > As I said elsewhere in the thread, I freely admit doubt because I do
> > not have insight into all the CPU-specific issues here, but:
> >
> > 1. Apple has an API that works
> > 2. Apple has an API that doesn't depend on the compiler
> > 3. Apple makes an implicit commitment to continue making this API
> > work as new hardware is released
> 
> 4. Apple has not documented the memory sychronization properties of this 
> API. 

If you give me a specific question to ask of Apple, I will work on getting the 
answer. Maybe they didn't document it, maybe we haven't found the documentation, 
maybe the documentation exists but hasn't been published yet. Very often, 
technical notes are released in direct response to developer questions.

meeroh