Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #8916: boost/signals2/detail/lwm_pthreads.hpp: Ignores all failures from pthread_* functions

Subject: Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #8916: boost/signals2/detail/lwm_pthreads.hpp: Ignores all failures from pthread_* functions
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-07-26 01:08:09

#8916: boost/signals2/detail/lwm_pthreads.hpp: Ignores all failures from pthread_*
functions
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  Reporter:  Jeffrey Walton          |      Owner:  fmhess
  <noloader@…>                       |     Status:  new
      Type:  Bugs                    |  Component:  signals2
 Milestone:  To Be Determined        |   Severity:  Problem
   Version:  Boost 1.54.0            |   Keywords:  signals2 mutex pthread
Resolution:                          |  API failure
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Comment (by fmhess):

 You are free to use boost::mutex with signals2 signals if you choose, it's
 just not the default.  This is because when I wrote it, boost::mutex was
 not header-only, and apparently still is not.

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/8916#comment:2>
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