Yeah, it's the same concept. I had failed to distinguish thread_pool versus thread_group.
Hopefully, adding the timeout and growing logic does not sacrifice the efficiency of the pool when it is full/has plenty to work on. "William E. Kempf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:3599.167.16.75.51.1037037372.squirrel@;frodo.kempf-ville.com... > > Eric Woodruff said: > > William, > > > > I'm not sure. I haven't been following the development branch, and don't > > know exactly how to access it. > > $> cvs co -r thread_development boost > would check out the thread_development branch. Tweak as needed for your > environment. > > > I called this class a function queue > > based on what I saw of the currently released boost::thread::thread_pool > > which was merely a collection of various threads that provided a grouped > > join. > > I think you're talking about boost::thread::thread_group here. The > boost::thread::thread_pool in the thread_development branch sounds like > your "function queue", unless I'm misunderstanding something from your > short description. > > > I needed to be abstracted from the thread itself. Thus, thread was > > not a good choice in the class's name. > > I'm not sure I follow this, but here's a short example of using a > thread_pool. > > int min_threads=3; > int max_threads=10; > int timeout=10; // seconds > boost::thread_pool pool(max_threads, min_threads, timeout); > pool.add(some_function_object); > pool.add(some_function_object); > pool.add(some_function_object); > pool.add(some_function_object); > pool.add(some_function_object); > > The number of threads that will be used to dispatch the queued function > objects will expand and contract between min_threads and max_threads, with > idle threads waiting for the specified timeout before terminating if there > are more than min_threads available. > > The user never directly accesses a thread in a thread_pool. He only adds > function objects to a queue on which the pooled threads will work. > > -- > William E. Kempf > > > _______________________________________________ > Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost > _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost