Re: [boost] [threads] API Design Question

Subject: Re: [boost] [threads] API Design Question
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-02-04 11:23:53

AMDG

Alexander Bernauer wrote:
> Why is it, that the wait and timed_wait functions of the
> condition_variable class do not encapsulate the problem of spurious
> wakeups?
>
> I wonder whether there are good reasons. I have seen libraries which do
> so. Do they miss a corner case?
>   

For one thing, the code that you posted requires the lock to be
held when calling notify.

Also, it's better in general to use the overloads of wait that
take a predicate, since these do provide protection from spurious
wakeups.

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe