Re: [boost] [Lockfree review] Meta-comments

Subject: Re: [boost] [Lockfree review] Meta-comments
From: Phil Endecott (spam_from_boost_dev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-07-27 18:55:23

Tim Blechmann wrote:
>> > * gcc-4.6 (and probably earlier) cannot compile boost.lockfree with
>> > std::atomic
>> > 
>> >   i suspect, their implementation is still incomplete
>> 
>> Can you tell us more about that?  Perhaps it points to an issue with
>> boost.lockfree that reviewers might be interested in.
>
> many undefined references to std::atomic members:
>
> queue.cpp:(.text+0x48): undefined reference to 
> `std::atomic<boost::lockfree::detail::tagged_ptr<boost::lockfree::detail::freelist_node> >::load(std::memory_order) const'

Right, yes, see e.g. http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=49445 
; it's incomplete.

Regards,  Phil.