Re: [boost] Boost.Fiber review January 6-15

Subject: Re: [boost] Boost.Fiber review January 6-15
From: Oliver Kowalke (oliver.kowalke_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-01-11 13:45:47

2014/1/11 Vicente J. Botet Escriba <vicente.botet_at_[hidden]>

> What would be the advantages of using work-stealing at the fiber level
> instead of using it at the task level?
>

it is very simple because you migate a 'first-class' object, e.g. the fiber
already is like a continuation.

> I wonder if the steel and migrate functions shouldn't be an internal
> detail of the library and that the library should provide a fiber_pool.
>

fiber-stealing is not required in all cases and it has to be provided by
the fiber-scheduler hence it has to be part of the scheduler.

> I'm wondering also if the algorithm shouldn't be replaced by an enum.
>

sorry -  I don't get it.