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Subject: Re: [Boost-users] question about interprocess_condition::timed_wait
From: Ion Gaztañaga (igaztanaga_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-02-25 03:49:14


Isaac Lascasas wrote:
> I'm trying to use interprocess_condition::timed_wait without success. I
> never get the timeout in my code. I think I don't understand at all how
> posix_time works. My code is the following:
>
> ptime t = boost::posix_time::microsec_clock::local_time();
> ptime timeout = t + milliseconds(1000);
>
> scoped_lock<interprocess_mutex> lock(InterprocessMutex, timeout);
> if (get_shared_data(lock).m_message)
> if (!InterprocessCondition.timed_wait(lock, timeout))
> {
> // handle timeout
> }
>
> Is that ok?

Use universal time. That issue is missing in the documentation and it
will be fixed in the next release.

> Thanks.

Ion


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