Re: [boost] [xint] Third release is ready, requesting preliminary review

Subject: Re: [boost] [xint] Third release is ready, requesting preliminary review
From: Chad Nelson (chad.thecomfychair_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-05-01 11:43:20

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On 05/01/2010 11:27 AM, vicente.botet wrote:

>>> [...] or offer both safe and unsafe classes.
>>
>> Certainly possible, though it would complicate the library.
> 
> Couldn't you add a template parameter stating the thread model? This 
> parameter can be by default single_threaded, and the user can set it 
> also to multi_threaded. In this way you let the user of each 
> xint::integer to decide if the library must ensure thread safety or
> not.

That would solve the speed problem, but the dependency problem would
remain -- the library would have to use Boost.Move and Boost.Thread
always. (See the previous message in this thread for my reasons why that
isn't desirable.)
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Chad Nelson
Oak Circle Software, Inc.
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