Re: [boost] [rfc] lockfree API/naming suggestions

Subject: Re: [boost] [rfc] lockfree API/naming suggestions
From: Alexander Terekhov (terekhov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-11-30 06:33:55

Tim Blechmann wrote:
> 
> > > "single_thread_push" might cause some misunderstanding, as people may
> > > think that it is about a `single producer', not about a
> > > `single-threaded use'. so it is really a "thread_unsafe_push", as
> > > incorrect use may corrupt the internal data structure.
> > >
> > > so maybe "thread_unsafe_push", "nonblocking_push" and "push"?
> >
> > if there is resistance for unsafe_push, I propose push_unsynchronized
> > (or unsynchronized_push).
> 
> very good idea! unsynchronized is much more expressive than unsafe.

I use "noncompeting" (such ops need neither atomicity nor
synchronization; multiple noncompeting immutable ops may run
concurrently; it basically expresses "thread-safe as an int").

regards,
alexander.