Re: [Threads-devel] Regression Testing for thread_rewrite branch

From: Roland Schwarz (roland.schwarz_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-03-23 06:43:33

Anthony Williams wrote:
> There was a lot of discussion about this on the main boost list recently. I
> think it boiled down to the fact that this is an old compiler, and rather
> non-conforming, so required lots of workarounds. This was rather controversial
> with some, so it's probably best not to go into it here. Check the archives
> for details.

So I better remove this tests? What about VC6?

>> I am running on a pentium with hyperthreading, don't know if this matters...
> 
> ... this. A P4 with HT mimics a dual processor system in some ways, so will
> expose more deadlocks and race conditions than a normal P4. This is a good
> thing.
Just an innocent question: Why not use the implementation from HEAD? 
This apparently seems to work.

Roland