Re: [boost] [thread] RFC standard proposed mutex, read-write mutex, condition

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-08-26 11:53:38

Beman Dawes:

> Or would you prefer only "condition", but with one or more additional
> signatures that take an additional argument that says, in effect, "throw
> rather than assert on mutex mismatch?

Against. "Throw on mutex mismatch" implies that the class needs to be able 
to detect mutex mismatch with 100% certainty, and this makes it impossible 
to provide less than perfect checking at close to zero overhead, an 
important design goal of the "default condition".