Re: [boost] new libaray Boost.Fiber in vault

Subject: Re: [boost] new libaray Boost.Fiber in vault
From: k-oli_at_[hidden]
Date: 2008-11-01 15:04:12

Am Samstag, 1. November 2008 19:24:30 schrieb Hartmut Kaiser:
> > Am Samstag, 1. November 2008 14:43:53 schrieb Mathias Gaunard:
> > > k-oli_at_[hidden] wrote:
> > > > I've added Boost.Fiber to the boost vault.
> > > > The library implements lightweight threads of execution (context
> > > > swapping; fibers on Windows).
> > >
> > > Are you aware that there is already a library in the work that does
> > > this, Boost.Coroutine?
> >
> > Yes but it doesn't compile on my systems.
>
> I'm using it in mission critical code and it works just fine.

I tried Linux amd64 - doesn't compile :(

> > I need a Fiber library for the threadpool library.
> > Coroutines are a form of control flow and fibers are a systems-level
> > construct.
>
> The Coroutines library is built on top of a context switching/fibers
> component supporting better/faster context switching than yours (at least
> on gcc based platforms), currently.

Could you please explain why it is faster? I'm 
using ::makecontext()/::CreateFiber() too.

> Clearly some integration would be really nice, IMHO.
>
> Regards Hartmut
>
>
>
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