Re: [boost] [thread] monotonic xtime

From: Matt Doyle (mdoyle_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-04-10 13:38:53

> -----Original Message-----
> From: boost-bounces_at_[hidden]
> [mailto:boost-bounces_at_[hidden]]On Behalf Of Ulrich Eckhardt
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> On a related note, why doesn't the threading lib offer any 
> means to yield for 
> a certain time? In more than nine out of ten cases, this is 
> the way I do 
> things, waiting for a certain point in time - like 
> Boost.Thread does - is 
> rather the exception than the rule.
I'd like to second that request, needing to use the win32 Sleep just kills the portability. My workaround for yielding is - 

#if defined _MSC_VER || WIN32
#   include <windows.h>      // for Sleep
#   define MILLI_SECOND_SLEEP(value) (Sleep(value))
#else
#   include <unistd.h>      // for usleep
#   define MILLI_SECOND_SLEEP(value) (usleep(value * 1000))
#endif

but that's just a hack, it really should be in the library.

Matt
 

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