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Subject: Re: [boost] [context review] Review - alternative version available
From: Vicente BOTET (vicente.botet_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-03-23 12:35:23


> Message du 23/03/11 14:51
> De : "Oliver Kowalke"
> A : boost_at_[hidden]
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> Objet : Re: [boost] [context review] Review - alternative version available
>
> Hello Vicente,
>
> > I would like to see a good rationale
> > explaining the advantages of letting Boost.Context manage them. In any case
> > the name asm_impl and native_impl are not adapted. I let you make some better
> > suggestions than the current ones.
>
> What about dropping context< stack, impl > in favour of fast_context< stack > and native_context< stack > (nastive_context<> doesn't describe it well - do you have a better idea?).
> The user has the opertunity to choos which context he wants to use.

Hi,

I'm still looking for the use case. What could make a user that has the possibility to get a fast context switch 13x faster to prefers to use the low context provided using ucontext?

Best,
Vicente


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