Re: [boost] [Boost.utility]

Subject: Re: [boost] [Boost.utility]
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-01-27 14:42:11

AMDG

Andrew Chinkoff wrote:
>> When call_once returns it is guaranteed that foo has
>> run to completion exactly once.  If two thread run it
>> in parallel one of them will block while the other runs
>> foo. 
>>     
>
> Ok, I ask again specifically:
>
> Does boost::once ensure that called function will be performed "atomically"
> rather than "mutually excluded"?
>   

I don't understand what you mean by "atomically."

> I mean "atomic" foo performance but not "mutex'ed".
>   

I can't parse this sentence.

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe