Re: [Boost-Users] Threads Library

From: William E. Kempf (wekempf_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-06-09 16:25:10

Brian Plummer said:
> Atomic operations (atomic_add, atomic_subtract etc) are not handled in
> the Boost Threads library.  My guess is that this is because this cannot
> be accomplished, based on what I know about this topic (which isn't too
> much), in a portable way.  Is this the reason?  If not, having these
> operations in the Threads library would be a big benefit.

Portability is the major concern.  These are also low level enough to not
have a high priority.

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William E. Kempf