[boost] [Block Pointer] single threaded

Subject: [boost] [Block Pointer] single threaded
From: Phil Bouchard (philippe_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-05-15 15:17:25

Hi,

What if Block Pointer was single threaded for the moment?  Would that 
prevent it from being part of Boost?  A lot of applications are single 
threaded and could take advantage of it already.  fast_pool_allocator is 
not multithread safe as well.

The problem is the structure keeping track of each set, block_header, is 
dynamic (gets created and destroyed over and over) and to maintain a 
mutex in such conditions is not trivial.

Thanks,
-Phil