[Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #1939: request: extend, make atomic_count a public header file

Subject: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #1939: request: extend, make atomic_count a public header file
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-05-20 18:25:06

#1939: request: extend, make atomic_count a public header file
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 Reporter:  Bryan Green <bryan.d.green_at_[hidden]>  |       Owner:  pdimov      
     Type:  Feature Requests                      |      Status:  new         
Milestone:  Boost 1.36.0                          |   Component:  smart_ptr   
  Version:  Boost 1.35.0                          |    Severity:  Optimization
 Keywords:  atomic_count synchronization          |  
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 Hello,

 I believe this question is for Peter Dimov, as the author of atomic_count
 and sp_counted_base.

 Have you considered making atomic_count.hpp a public header file, i.e. not
 in the 'detail' subdirectory, and adding some more traditional test-and-
 set type operations, such as post-increment and operator+=?  This is a
 generally useful interface, and not easy to replicate on one's own in a
 portable way.  As for the operations which are missing from the
 atomic_count class itself, it seems apparent from the implementation files
 for atomic_count.hpp and sp_counted_base_sync.hpp that these operations
 are available.

 Is this something you are interested in doing, or do you have reservations
 about such a public class?  Are you interested in help, in the form of
 patches?  I'd be glad to contribute.  It looks like all the hard work has
 already been done. :)

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Ticket URL: <http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/1939>
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