Re: [boost] Query on the Boost Library Support

Subject: Re: [boost] Query on the Boost Library Support
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-07-02 11:22:22

AMDG

Alapkumar Sinha wrote:
> I am analyzing the different IPC mechanism of Boost.
>
> Can someone help me with the following queries?
>
>
> 1.       Is there something available in boost similar to windows "events". I mean where one thread can wait on one event and another thread signals the event. I was going through Boost.signals2, but it seems more of a function call back.
>   

Use a condition variable.
http://www.boost.org/doc/html/thread/synchronization.html#thread.synchronization.condvar_ref

> 2.       Is there support for FIFO, PIPE & POSIX signals
>   

I don't think there's anything for signals.  I believe that
interprocess has a message queue.

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe