[Boost-users] Re: You provide gun, I provide foot.

From: Markus Schöpflin (markus.schoepflin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-04-08 02:11:44

Rene Rivera wrote:

> Markus Schöpflin wrote:
> 
>> Pardon me for being dense, but I don't see what you are referring to 
>> on this page. In Table 10.11, the Lock concept doesn't have any model. 
>> AFAIK, you can only work with dynamically allocated locks as Dave 
>> outlined in another post. But OTOH, perhaps I'm just beeing blind when 
>> reading the page.
> 
> Maybe I'm misunderstanding what you are trying to do.. In that table 
> (10.11) it is true that Lock doesn't have a model, but it's refinements 
> do have models. What prevents you from using say, the 
> boost::mutex::scoped_lock model? (Which has the lock/unlock calls.)

Bah, I just realized that I indead was a little slow-witted when reading 
that page. Of course scoped_lock has lock() and unlock() calls. I didn't 
really realize that refinement implies that the interface of the Lock 
concept is also present in the ScopedLock concept.

Sorry for the noise.

Markus