Re: [Boost-users] Boost.Thread Continuation future with executor blocking in destructor

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Boost.Thread Continuation future with executor blocking in destructor
From: Vicente J. Botet Escriba (vicente.botet_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-04-23 18:31:18

Le 23/04/15 02:49, Konrad Zemek a écrit :
> 2015-04-23 0:32 GMT+02:00 Vicente J. Botet Escriba <vicente.botet_at_[hidden]>:
>> Le 22/04/15 14:28, Konrad Zemek a écrit :
>>
>> I would expect that the program must take care of the lost of communication
>> and do a set_exception on the promise before the promise is destroyed.
>> However, the call to wait_for seems to be a good hint that the user knows
>> what is doing. I could consider that any call to a timed wait function
>> disable blocking. An alternative could be to have a way to request to don't
>> block.
>> Please let me know if one of these options would take in account your use
>> case.
> Either of these options would work for me, as I could emulate a "don't
> block" request with a call to future<>::wait_for(0). I'd prefer the
> latter to the former though, if only because it fits my needs better
> and it would make it more explicit that future's behavior is modified.
>
Please don't forget to add a Track ticket, so that we don't forget this 
feature request.

Best,
Vicente