Re: [boost] [thread] lock factory functions?

From: Anthony Williams (anthony.ajw_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-05-20 16:53:03

Frank Mori Hess <frank.hess_at_[hidden]> writes:

> I'm curious if lock factory functions have been considered?  Combined with the 
> C++0x "auto" keyword (or some other kind of type erasure if you wanted to 
> emulate), it seems like they could allow you to avoid having to specify the 
> template type of locks explicitly.  Like:
>
> template<typename M>
> boost::unique_lock<M> make_unique_lock(M &mutex);
>
> boost::mutex m;
> auto lock = make_unique_lock(m);

I'm not aware that they have, but it does look useful.

Anthony
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