Re: [boost] [future] Early draft of wait for multiple futures interface

From: Johan Torp (johan.torp_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-05-30 12:39:19

Anthony Williams-4 wrote:
> 
>> I was talking about future operators. That is the composite future we got
>> from f1 || f2, not selecting the first one which is ready. This should
>> become ready when it has an evaluated value of true or false.
> 
> Are you envisaging "f1 || f2" as a short-hand for "f1.get() ||
> f2.get()" that may not need to wait for both? I see that as very
> limited utility, since it only works for future<R> where R can be used
> with ||.
> 
> My "f1 || f2" is a future operator that returns a composite future. It
> is the future that is subject to ||, not the returned value.
> 

I see. As others has pointed out, maybe we shouldn't supply the operators
because of this possible confusion.

Johan
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