Re: [Boost-users] [signals] thread-safe combiner()

From: Timmo Stange (ts_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-02-09 04:16:24

Frank Mori Hess wrote:

> combiner_type& combiner();
> 
> to 
> 
> void set_combiner(const combiner_type &);
> 
> so the combiner can only be modified while holding the appropriate lock?

If you want to keep the interface somewhat more compatible,
you could return a proxy which acquires the lock in its
assignment operator. Making the other possible uses thread-
safe is more complicated (signal.combiner().member()).

Regards

Timmo Stange