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

From: Bruno Martínez (br1_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-10-11 21:42:14

On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 11:51:10 -0200, Johan Nilsson  
<r.johan.nilsson_at_[hidden]> wrote:

>
> "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.

FWIW, I agree with you.

Bruno