Re: [boost] [thread] Can Boost.Thread use Boost.Atomic without falling on a compatibility issue?

Subject: Re: [boost] [thread] Can Boost.Thread use Boost.Atomic without falling on a compatibility issue?
From: Vicente J. Botet Escriba (vicente.botet_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-01-12 11:49:38

Le 12/01/13 17:09, Andrey Semashev a écrit :
> On Saturday 12 January 2013 15:48:21 Vicente J. Botet Escriba wrote:
>> Le 12/01/13 14:26, Andrey Semashev a écrit :
>>> On Saturday 12 January 2013 12:08:10 Vicente J. Botet Escriba wrote:
>>>> Le 12/01/13 11:51, Andrey Semashev a écrit :
>>>>> Anyway, can Boost.Thread be modified in such a way so that Boost.Atomic
>>>>> use is not exposed to the user? E.g. so that call_once invokes a
>>>>> compiled
>>>>> function implemented within Boost.Thread library that uses Boost.Atomic
>>>>> to modify the once flag.
>>>> yes, this will be great. I don't know Boost.Atomic details to try to do
>>>> this. Andrey do you mind to provide a patch that doesn't needs to link
>>>> with boost_atomic?
>>> I attached the patch (for posix only). It appeared a bit hacky and I'm not
>>> sure if you're ok with it.
>>>
>> Thanks for the quick patch.
>> Shouldn't the patch concern only boost/thread/pthread/once.hpp and
>> libs/thread/src/pthread/once.hpp?
>> Could you send the resulting files also?
> There is no libs/thread/src/pthread/once.hpp file as far as I can see.
RIght. I meant

libs/thread/src/pthread/once.cpp

> The
> boost/thread/pthread/once.hpp file is no longer needed and can be removed (as
> well as boost/thread/win32/once.hpp when win32 version is implemented). The
> complete public code is platform-independent and resides in
> boost/thread/once.hpp after the patch is applied.
>
IIRC the problem was on the Posix implementation, so a specific patch 
for the pthread files will be desirable.

Anyway, could you send the resulting files to make easier the review?

Best,
Vicente