Re: [boost] Re : [Block Pointer] Docs

Subject: Re: [boost] Re : [Block Pointer] Docs
From: Phil Bouchard (philippe_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-05-05 14:16:29

On 5/5/2011 4:31 AM, Pierre Morcello wrote:
> Phil Bouchard<philippe_at_[hidden]>  wrote:
>
>> I just added examples to the overview and clearly states
>> the advantage
>> of using block_ptr over shared_ptr:
>> https://svn.boost.org/svn/boost/sandbox/block_ptr/libs/smart_ptr/doc/overview.html
>
> Hi Phil,
>
> This is a good news. I think you could also explain that shared_ptr are sometimes an excellent solution to avoid dangling pointers in multithread environment. And compare that to your current BlockPtr library.
>
> Could you make it clearer whether or not multithread is supported (and add some examples in the doc of how this work if that is the case) ?  I think you told that at the moment monothread is OK, but multithread would need more digging, is that right?

Good idea, I'll add some multithreaded examples.

> I think you could improve your reference too. Maybe you you could go for a more boost-like reference doc, instead of doxygen. Who knows how much impact this could have during a review ;-) ?

I'll boostify the docs ;)

Thanks,
-Phil