From: williamkempf_at_[hidden]
Date: 2001-03-22 11:14:35
--- In boost_at_y..., williamkempf_at_h... wrote:
> The only suggestion left to
> contemplate at this time is the addition of a lock traits concept.
I've been thinking about this, but haven't coded anything up yet. Let
me ramble on about an implementation.
namespace boost {
struct lock_tag { }
struct trylock_tag { }
struct timedlock_tag { }
template <typename L>
struct lock_traits
{
typedef ... lock_category;
};
};
I can't see any other information that would go into a lock_traits
type. Is there some useful type information that I'm not thinking of
that should go in here?
Also, one of the suggestions was to use a lock_category type that
allows further decoupling of the lock types from the mutex types.
Usage was like this:
boost::lock_category<boost::mutex>::trylock lock(mx);
The problem with this is that there's not a one-to-one correspondance
of lock types to mutex types here. For instance, the
boost::fast_mutex doesn't have a trylock type. I can think of a few
ways to deal with this but was interested in hearing other's thoughts
on this and wondering if there's existing practice for this sort of
thing.
Bill Kempf