Re: [Boost-users] Avoid thread locking with boost::condition

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-08-10 16:08:02

Sam Lievesley wrote:

...

> Worker thread
> 
>     boost::mutex::scoped_lock lock(m_Mutex);
>     while (IsAlive()) {
> 
>             // do some work
> 
>             m_Condition.wait(lock);
>     }

...

> Main thread
> 
>     -- Start a worker thread --
>     boost::mutex::scoped_lock lock(m_Mutex);

        make_IsAlive_return_false();

>     m_Condition.notify_one();