Re: [boost] Review Request: future library (Gaskill version)

From: vicente.botet (vicente.botet_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-04-10 15:53:33

Hello,

How do your library positions with respect to the standard proposals?
N2561 Anthony Williams: An Asynchronous Future Value
N2094 Howard Hinnant: Multithreading API for C++0X - A Layered Approach,

N2185 Peter Dimov: Proposed Text for Parallel Task Execution,

N2276 Anthony Williams: Thread Pools and Futures.

Good luck
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Vicente Juan Botet Escriba
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Braddock Gaskill" <braddock_at_[hidden]>
To: <boost_at_[hidden]>
Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 3:39 AM
Subject: [boost] Review Request: future library (Gaskill version)

>I wanted to formally request a review of my Futures library.
> Latest Version: http://braddock.com/~braddock/future/
>
> The library has matured greatly over the past year.  It has been heavily
> used as a key component in a mid-sized commercial
> application on both Linux and Windows.  Extensive unit tests and (just
> now) documentation have been written - in fact there are more than twice
> as many lines of test code and documentation than are in the library
> proper.
>
> The library incorporates many ideas from this list, from other prospective
> submissions, other languages, and from academic papers.
>
> The library does not currently use jamfiles or boostdoc (I tried I really
> did).  It is a header-only library.  The documentation is currently
> straight HTML, and should be very easy to translate to boostdoc if the
> submission looks good.
>
> NOTE - to avoid confusion, note that there is an older 2005 boost.future
> candidate in the vault by Thorsten Schuett that is not related to mine
> (although it was studied early on).
>
> Thanks,
> Braddock Gaskill
> braddock_at_[hidden]
>
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