Re: [Boost-users] [boost] upgrade boost 1.33 up to 1.39 -> MCF assertion

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [boost] upgrade boost 1.33 up to 1.39 -> MCF assertion
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-07-23 11:55:22

AMDG

Andrey Torba wrote:
> There are breaking changes in boost.Thread
> http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_39_0/doc/html/thread/changes.html since 1.33
> Interface of scoped_lock has been changed and boost::mutex now is
> boost::recursive_mutex. Am i right?
>   

Not exactly.  boost::mutex was never intended to be
recursive.  It happened to be recursive on Windows
because the implementation used CRITICAL_SECTIONs.

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe