Re: [boost] [review] Shmem

From: Dave Moore (jdmoore99_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-02-16 05:39:33

It seems likely that Shmem can use the same technique as asio, where it uses
the headers only for DateTime, which at least eliminates the DLL/so/lib/a
dependency.

Dave

On 2/15/06, Fred Bertsch <fred.bertsch_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> > I see a need to define the official Boost time management functions for
> > Thread/Processes. boost::xtime was supposed to be a temporary solution.
> > Is Boost.DateTime the way to go? I think that it would be useful to
> > decide it before Shmem is released.
>
> I would vote for using Boost.DateTime. It would be unfortunate to add
> a dependency between Shmem and DateTime, but I believe that
> Boost.Threads is supposed to be a temporary solution, and increasing
> the dependence on Threads may be worse than creating the dependence on
> DateTime.
>
> Having said that, I suspect that it wouldn't matter all that much to a
> user until Boost.Threads is changed.
>
> -Fred
>
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