Re: [boost] [futures] boost::futures

From: Christopher Kohlhoff (chris_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-03-14 17:39:19

On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 15:26:11 -0400, "Braddock Gaskill"
<braddock_at_[hidden]> said:
> On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 14:09:37 -0400, Frank Mori Hess wrote:
> > Another suggestion is to rename promise::set() (boring) to 
> > promise::fulfill() (makes me smile).  And if there is an opportunity to 
> > work the name "empty_promise" in as a class or a concept, that would be 
> > clever too.
> 
> Personally, I love your fulfill() name.  I would also prefer fail() to
> set_exception()...it seems more descriptive since it is more than just an
> accessor method.  I didn't want to stray TOO far from Peter's C++
> language proposal though.

I totally agree on using fulfill/fail rather than set/set_exception.
IMHO pithy names like that also aid in understanding the concepts.
Perhaps Peter can be persuaded :)

I also didn't see an operator() on the promise<T> to set the value
(although I might have missed it). I think that's important because it
lets a promises participate more readily in boost::bind compositions,
etc.

Cheers,
Chris