Re: [Boost-users] [thread] documentation complaints

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [thread] documentation complaints
From: Bryce Lelbach (admin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-10-21 15:32:55

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On Thu, 21 Oct 2010 11:48:45 -0800
"Robert Ramey" <ramey_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> I had occasion to look into the thread documentation after many years.
> It was in the course of explaining the benefits of using boost libraries
> to a programmer who was unfamiliar with them.
> 
> Somehow I remember the old documentation as being much more helpful.
> I think I remember tutorials and a faq explaining things why semaphores
> weren't inlcuded etc.  I remember finding this to be very helpful. My
> original interest in boost was sparked by reading this documentation.
> 
> The current system seems more complete and the documention
> more formal and correct. But it needs tutorials which explain how
> to use the library to solve problems and to explain the examples.
> It also needs a section to explain the design decisions.
> 
> Robert Ramey
> 

I'm more concerned about the outstanding tickets with Boost.Thread (see my post
on the main list).

- -- 
Bryce Lelbach aka wash
http://groups.google.com/group/ariel_devel

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