On Wednesday, February 05, 2003 3:04 PM [GMT+1=CET], William E. Kempf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > What I would like to see is a new boost::thread implementation which > > meets the following requirements. > > > > a. There shall be two interfaces to a thread. One for creation of a > > thread, from > > here on called boost::thread. And, one for the created thread, from > > here on called boost::thread::self. > > Self? Why? If it's on operation that can *only* be made on the current > thread, then a static method is a better approach. Otherwise, I could > make a "self" instance and pass it to another thread, which could then > attempt an operation that's not valid for calling on another thread. It would seem to me that, given the availability of p->yield() as a syntax for invoking a static function, it'd be better to use a namespace-scope function to avoid errors and for clarity. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting http://www.boost-consulting.com _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost
