Re: [boost] boost] [thread] thread interruption semantics

From: Phil Endecott (spam_from_boost_dev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-11-14 07:31:05

Anthony Williams wrote:
> One principle behind the new lock templates is that it should be easy
> to incorporate new mutex and lock types, and they will still work with the
> existing facilities (e.g. condition_variable_any).

Hi Anthony,

Can you clarify what you mean by that please?  Are you saying that if I 
have a new mutex (e.g. my futex implementation) I should be able to use 
it with the existing condition_variable_any?  (Is that what the "_any" 
means?)  If that's true I'm impressed; I thought that it was necessary 
to have some sort of atomic unlock-A-and-lock-B method to do that.

Regards,  Phil.