Re: [boost] [thread] monotonic xtime

From: Matt Doyle (mdoyle_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-04-10 15:45:27

> -----Original Message-----
> [mailto:boost-bounces_at_[hidden]]On Behalf Of Olaf van der Spek
> On 4/10/06, Matt Doyle <mdoyle_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> Isn't yielding itself a hack?
> Shouldn't thread coordination be used instead?
If you're waiting for another thread to do something I'd agree. What I run into all the time though is that I want to poll a device every so often so I want to surrender my thread for x amount of time.

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