Re: [Threads-devel] shared_mutex documentation request

Subject: Re: [Threads-devel] shared_mutex documentation request
From: Vicente J. Botet Escriba (vicente.botet_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-08-25 03:15:38

Le 13/08/12 15:02, Fredrik Orderud a écrit :
> On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 2:25 PM, Vicente J. Botet Escriba
> <vicente.botet_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> I need to check the implementation it but I suspect that there is no
>> priority between readers and writers. See
>> http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2007/n2406.html#shared_mutex_imp
>> for an explanation (This link is given here
>> /libs/thread/doc/html/thread/synchronization/tutorial.html).
>>
>>> Would it be possible to extend the shared_mutex documentation to also
>>> cover some implementation details about the reader vs. writer
>>> prioritization scheme (or similar)?
>> Does the previous link respond to your expectations?
> Thank you Vicente for a very informative answer. Do you think it would
> be possible somehow to extend the shared_mutex reference documentation
> with a sentence about the (lack of) prioritization policy, so that the
> end-users (like me) more easily can access this important information?
>
>
Yes, I will do it.

Vicente