Re: [Boost-users] intrusive_ptr and multi-threading

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] intrusive_ptr and multi-threading
From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-06-13 10:03:24

Andrej van der Zee wrote:

> I am using boost::detail::atomic_count now. I saw it is implemented
> using a scoped_lock for pthreads.

This depends on your gcc version (if you're using gcc) and your target 
platform.

> Is there any advantage of using C++0x in terms of performance on Linux?

There should be as std::atomic should use atomic operations, but again, it 
depends on the gcc version and the target platform :-)