Re: [boost] boost::atomic<T> foo;

Subject: Re: [boost] boost::atomic<T> foo;
From: Felipe Goron Farinon (felipe.farinon_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-09-22 11:40:16

May I volunteer myself for doing that (probably implement the atomic
operations draft for boost)?

On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 11:00 AM, Kris Rousey <krousey_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> cg wrote:
>>> Janek Kozicki wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I looked through Boost.Threads and Boost.Interprocess libraries, but
>>>> (as far as I can tell) none of them offers me simple:
>>>>
>>>>   class Foo {
>>>>     boost::atomic<int> bar;
>>>>   }
>>>>
>>>> which would mean that *ALL* attempts to access bar would be atomic,
>>>> eg. bar=10;
>>>>
>
> If all you're wanting is atomic operators, ACE's
> (http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/ACE.html) ACE_Atomic_Op template
> (http://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/Doxygen/5.6.6/html/ace/a00029.html)
> provides that. It synchronizes all arithmetic, assignment, and
> comparison operators. I've used it before to do intrusive reference
> counting on shared closures. A utility class that just synchronizes
> operations shouldn't be too hard to write "boost" way.
>
> --Kris
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- Felipe Farinon