From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-08-16 08:23:19
Thorsten Schuett <schuett_at_[hidden]> writes:
> Hartmut and I wrote a small library which implements futures for C++. I
> uploaded the code to the boost-sandbox vault. If you find anything odd in
> there (like e.g. overloading operator T()), you have to blame me, if you find
> interesting stuff in there, you have to blame Hartmut.
>
> The most basic future is simple_future<T>. Its constructor takes a function
> which returns T and spawns a new thread executing this function. Afterwards
> you can call operator()() to block until the thread is done and get the
> result.
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You asked for comments, so here goes: I find the apparently copious
use of implicit conversions disturbing. Especially disturbing is the
fact that futures seem to have both incoming and outgoing implicit
conversions.
-- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com