Re: [Boost-users] [thread] bug: thread::sleep can't 'Idle'

From: Johan Nilsson (r.johan.nilsson_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-10-11 09:51:10

"Darryl Green" <Darryl.Green_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
news:F8DFD2A4C14B454E9DC35640BC72076A9500DF_at_BRISBANEMAIL1.brisbane.tabq.com...
>Actually - I just tried to rtfm to find the relevant part, and it is less 
>than obvious given the rather terse description of xtime as a time or >a 
>duration. I don't think anything in boost.threads uses xtime as a duration 
>(any more - since about 2001)?

I've been using Boost.Thread since 1.27 (IIRC) and never wanted to suspend a 
thread until a specific clock time. I've always had to go through the hassle 
of getting the current time, adding the brief time I wanted the thread to 
sleep (watch out for wraps in the xtime members!) and then call 
thread::sleep.

Out of curiosity, who actually prefers using clock times for 
thread::sleep()? IIRC the implementation still converts the UTC time into a 
relative time before entering sleep, so it's only misleading to have an 
absolute time as parameter to sleep.

Just my 0.02EUR.

// Johan