Re: [boost] [thread] - read_write_mutex missing

From: Anthony Williams (anthony_w.geo_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-06-07 09:30:53

"Darren Garvey" <lists.drrngrvy_at_[hidden]> writes:

> On 07/06/07, Anthony Williams <anthony_w.geo_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>
>> <Oliver.Kowalke_at_[hidden]> writes:
>>
>> > I'm missing read_write_mutex in the thread library in boost 1.34. Is
>> > there any reason for that?
>>
>> Yes. The old version from Boost 1.32 is broken, and was removed in 1.33.1.
>> The
>> new version is not yet ready, so was not part of 1.34.
>
>
> Even though this is mentioned in the documentation for the ReadWriteMutex
> concept, in the actual documentation for read_write_mutex there is no
> mention that it's not included.
> Links:
> http://www.boost.org/doc/html/boost/read_write_mutex.html
> http://www.boost.org/doc/html/boost/try_read_write_mutex.html
> http://www.boost.org/doc/html/boost/timed_read_write_mutex.html
>
> Does this need a ticket making?

Ticket #1039

http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/1039

Thomas, should this be fixed for 1.34.1?

Anthony
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