Re: [boost] [threadpool] relation with TR2 proposal

Subject: Re: [boost] [threadpool] relation with TR2 proposal
From: k-oli_at_[hidden]
Date: 2008-09-12 14:14:37

Am Freitag, 12. September 2008 13:24:14 schrieb joaquin_at_[hidden]:
> k-oli_at_[hidden] escribió:
> > Am Freitag, 12. September 2008 10:52:50 schrieb joaquin_at_[hidden]:
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I learnt yesterday that there is a TR2 proposal for a thread_pool,
> >> sponsored by
> >> our Boost colleague Anthony Williams:
> >>
> >> http://www2.open-std.org/JTC1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2007/n2276.html
> >>
> >> What is the relationship with this proposal of the threadpool library
> >> that is being
> >> discussed these days here at the Boost list?
> >>
> >> Thank you,
> >>
> >> Joaquín M López Muñoz
> >> Telefónica, Investigación y Desarrollo
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> >
> > The threadpool lib in the vault has no relation to the TR2 proposal.
> > It seams that Anthonys lib is simple - no support for task interruption,
> > lazy task evaluation or task chanining, channel and queue types etc.
>
> It'd be an odd thing if we had a TR2 threadpool lib and a different lib
> in Boost (assuming
> both proposals are succesful). Shoudln't there be some some syncing
> between the
> respective authors?

What about the future libs (see review schedule)? Anthonys proposal in TR2 and 
BRaddocks implementation are also not in sync?!

Oliver