Re: [Boost-users] Boost semaphore with condition variable

From: Zeljko Vrba (zvrba_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-11-22 01:38:54

On Thu, Nov 22, 2007 at 01:56:59AM +0100, Fabian Sturm wrote:
> 
> A well I guess I wasn't expressing good enough. I look for a nice
> solution where thread B is completely independent of A. But A waits for
> B doing some work.
> 
Use a message queue..

> 
>   inform_thread_A ();
> 
This would send a message to A through the message queue, and A would
check at convenient times whether a message has arrived.  Optionally,
you can send a signal (on POSIX) to thread A to make it immediately
notice that there's a message.  POSIX message queues can be configured
to do that for you automatically.