Re: [boost] [threads] Future directions (Was: TR2 and C++0x heads up)

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-04-24 05:39:35

Michael Glassford wrote:
> Beman Dawes wrote:
>
>> So far there are plans to propose Boost.Threads,
>
> Is this something that's already being worked on? I have some ideas
> that I've been thinking about to improve Boost.Threads, and some
> other ideas that have  been suggested to me (primarily by Roland
> Schwarz), that I'd like to at least get other people's opinions of before
> a Boost.Threads proposal goes too far. Some of the ideas come from
> the big lock-unification discussion that took place on this list some time
> ago (although I think I've come up with some interesting ideas on that
> topic that weren't mentioned in that discussion). I have some other
> ideas as well that I think people might find intereting.

I'm interesting in reworking some areas of Boost.Threads that I find 
lacking, so you should probably announce your plans so that we can avoid 
duplication of efforts.

I'm not sure whether we need to bother, though. The current Boost.Threads 
already seems "fast-tracked" into C++0x, with Beman, Howard and Pete Becker 
behind it. Major changes probably don't stand a chance. And I'm not very 
optimistic about any minor changes, either.