[boost] [thread] monitor

From: Vaclav Vesely (vaclav.vesely_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-03-17 04:51:47

Hi,

I all the time use mutexs and conditions in in following manner:

        // declaration
        Type      m_value;
        mutex     m_value_mutex;
        condition m_value_condition;

        // set new value
        {
                mutex::scoped_lock lock(m_mutex);
                m_value = new_value;
        }

        // wait for some condition
        {
                mutex::scoped_lock lock(m_mutex);
                while(<condition>)
                    m_condition.wait(lock);
        }

I'm wondering about something like this:

        // declaration
        monitor<Type> m_value;

        // set new value - locking in done in a monitor assignment
        m_value = new_value

        // wait for some condition
        m_value.wait(<lambda expression>)

Do you think this concept is generally useful and should be added to the 
library?

Regards,
Vaclav