Re: [boost] [transaction] New Boost.Transaction library under discussion

Subject: Re: [boost] [transaction] New Boost.Transaction library under discussion
From: vicente.botet (vicente.botet_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-01-29 02:11:59

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Subject: Re: [boost] [transaction] New Boost.Transaction library under discussion

> 
> Zitat von "vicente.botet" <vicente.botet_at_[hidden]>:
> 
>>>
>>> any ideas for a namespace?
>>
>> transactions?
> 
> hmm, I assumed that was against some boost naming guideline, but I see  
> there are a number of libraries that use the plural (for no apparent  
> reason?).
> 
> better. if we can come up with with something to the effect of  
> "transaction processing library" (but not "tpl") I'd prefer that but I  
> guess "transactions" is ok.

I'd also prefer a short name, but we need one that is enough significant to be adopted by the Boost community. Quite often transaction is abreviatted as "tx", what about "txl"?

>> Well, this do not concerns Boost.Transaction.  From my side, I would
>> let stm::transaction to refer to the single-phase transaction for STM.
> 
> ok, agreed. but just out of curiosity, what is your reasoning for doing that?
> using boost.transactions should not have any overhead when used with a  
> single resource(no lazy transaction start either), so why do you want  
> to duplicate the code obtaining the active transaction etc. in your  
> library?

OK, I see. In this case it could be reasonable to add the shortcut. This depends if the user will need other classes from  Boost.Transaction.

Vicente