Re: [boost] Notice: Boost.Atomic (atomic operations library)

Subject: Re: [boost] Notice: Boost.Atomic (atomic operations library)
From: Oliver Kowalke (k-oli_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-12-03 13:01:02

Andrey Semashev wrote:
> Helge Bahmann wrote:
>> On Wed, 2 Dec 2009, Vicente Botet Escriba wrote:
>>
>> I'm not sure if the free-standing functions are of too much value 
>> (personally I dislike them for C++), I will certainly add them if 
>> someone wants them, but probably it would be preferrable for them not 
>> to live in the root namespace "boost".
>
> I think, free standing functions can be useful if one needs to operate 
> on a POD type (which atomic<T> isn't). For example, one could safely 
> use functions with local statics. 
> _____________________________________________ 
I believe Helge's plan was to provide an implementation of C++-0x 
atomics - PODs are not part of the 'atomic' interface - so I would vote 
against PODs.