Re: [boost] [atomic] ARM needs more eyes too

Subject: Re: [boost] [atomic] ARM needs more eyes too
From: Andrey Semashev (andrey.semashev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-12-22 09:55:49

On Saturday 22 December 2012 14:44:40 Phil Endecott wrote:

> Also, how do people feel about using Boost.Atomic underneath
> shared_ptr?  (https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/5625 - again,
> I've been using this for a long time and it seems to work.)  Maybe as a
> non-default initially if we're nervous.  It might help to find any bugs
> in Boost.Atomic...

In general I welcome this suggestion. However, shared_ptr probably should not 
require linking to Boost.Atomic, so some header-only mode should be provided 
by Boost.Atomic first.