[boost] [thread] more generic future?

Subject: [boost] [thread] more generic future?
From: Oliver Kowalke (k-oli_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-07-07 09:35:22

The future implementation of boost.thread uses boost.mutex, condition 
and condition_any. What about renaming future to future_base or put it 
into namespace boost::detail and pass the sync. primitves (mutex, 
condition) as template args? This would provide the way that other libs 
could use the future impl with their own sync. primitives.

namespace boost {
namespace detail {

template< typename MutexT, typename ConditionT >
future {...};

}}

namespace boost {

typedef detail::future< mutex, condition >	future;

namespace fibers {

class mutex {};
class condition {};
typedef detail::future< mutex, condition >	future;

}}

boost::future -> uses pthreads/Win32 threads
boost::fibers::future -> used for fibers

Oliver