Re: [boost] [thread] Questions/concerns about recentthreadlibchanges

From: Jeff Garland (jeff_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-10-18 10:46:47

Peter Dimov wrote:
> Jeff Garland wrote:
> 
>> n2320 proposal includes both relative and absolute timeouts for the
>> condition variables.
> 
> It does? I only see
> 
>     bool timed_wait(lock_type& lock, const utc_time& abs_time);
>     template <class Predicate>
>         bool timed_wait(lock_type& lock, const utc_time& abs_time, Predicate 
> pred);
> 
> in
> 
> http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2007/n2320.html#ConditionVariablesWording
> 
> and N2406 follows suit:
> 
> http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2007/n2406.html#cond_var_synop 

I stand correct -- I think it was 'supposed to' ;-)  Sorry, I've seen various 
revisions of this paper some of which in my recollection had relative time 
interfaces.  So let me say it another way: I believe a relative time interface 
should be offered here in addition to the absolute time.  So I'm not sure what 
happened there -- Howard may have talked me out of it somehow or maybe it was 
accidentally dropped...

Jeff