Re: [boost] [future] direct construct from value

From: Johan Torp (johan.torp_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-05-16 13:01:25

Frank Mori Hess wrote:
> 
> Can you come up with any specific examples of how implicitly constructing
> a 
> ready future from a value would be dangerous?  It's not like implicity 
> constructing a shared_ptr from a raw pointer, which might cause the raw 
> pointer to be accidentally deleted.  
> 

I haven't thought of any examples. I was just wondering how much you rely on
in it and how useful it is.

Frank Mori Hess wrote:
> 
> It's certainly less dangerous than going 
> the other direction (which has generated some controversy): implicit 
> conversion of a future to a value, which can block.
> 

Agreed.

Johan
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