Re: [boost] thread_safe_ptr class interest request

Subject: Re: [boost] thread_safe_ptr class interest request
From: Philippe Vaucher (philippe.vaucher_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-07-28 19:32:47

I was about to make the same comment, however I noticed there is a
> thread_safe_ptr::scoped_lock with pointer semantics for  such
> occasions. I think this solution is nice and would happily see it as a
> part of boost smart pointer or thread libraries.
>
> int pop() {
>      thread_safe_ptr< std::stack<int> >::scoped_lock lock(data_ptr);
>      int my_top = lock->top();
>      lock->pop();
>      return my_pop;
> }
>

Yes exactly, the current code doesn't support this yet but it was in the
pipeline.

Philippe