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From: Howard Hinnant (hinnant_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-11-02 10:36:19


On Nov 2, 2006, at 10:09 AM, Anthony Williams wrote:

> Your sample adaptor has given me the idea of not having an explicit
> timed_lock
> function, but rather overloads of try_lock:
>
> bool try_lock(); // just try once
> bool try_lock(unsigned spin_count); // spin this many times
> bool try_lock(target_time_type target_time); // wait until the
> specified time
> bool try_lock(time_period_type wait_time); // wait for the
> specified period

I like it.

-Howard


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