Re: [boost] [thread library rework] Ready to start

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-08-29 07:01:00

Ion Gaztañaga <igaztanaga_at_[hidden]> writes:

>   I'm also concerned with (in my opinion) needed compatibility with 
> Embedded C++. C++ will grow a lot in this area and obviously, threads 
> are very used. Embedded C++ specification 
> (http://www.caravan.net/ec2plus/) avoids templates and exceptions, 

They were wrong to do so, most especially for templates, which are
hugely useful in embedded programming.

> so we need to think some alternatives (apart from exceptions, just
> like iostreams do) to do error checking. And provide some
> low-resource specializations or alternatives to the full-scale C++
> threading.

In my opinion, that would be a huge mistake.  EC++ was created as a
"language subset" without the consent or cooperation of the C++
committee.  Crippling C++ library interfaces simply in order to
maintain compatibility with it is the wrong thing to do, again IMO.

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Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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