Re: [boost] Maintenance Patches and cleaning up trac

Subject: Re: [boost] Maintenance Patches and cleaning up trac
From: Anthony Williams (anthony.ajw_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-05-21 15:26:09

"vicente.botet" <vicente.botet_at_[hidden]> writes:

> From: "Anthony Williams" <anthony.ajw_at_[hidden]>
>> 
>> "vicente.botet" <vicente.botet_at_[hidden]> writes:
>>> This is a very old ticket that comes recurrently
>>> #2330 thread::interrupt() can be lost if condition_variable::wait() in progress
>>> #3735 thread_group::interrupt_all() is unreliable
>>> #3960 condition_variable::timed_wait() cannot be interrupted 
>> 
>> This one is a pain. I'm not sure how to fix it :-(
>
> #2330 propose something close to a solution. You can also change the
> documentation and state that wait doesn't a interruption point.

I'll have a look at #2330 again then. I'd rather find a fix than lose
wait() as an interruption point, but better that than have it broken.

Anthony
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