From: John Reid (j.reid_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-02-01 05:38:23
Hello Joaquin,
Joaquín Mª López Muñoz wrote:
> intermodule_holder performs a way more expensive static initialization
> process than static_holder (basically, it creates a shared memory
> area and interprocess mutex for communication between the different
> modules of the program. It only affects static initialization, though,
> the rest of operations (flyweight creation and passing around) are exactly
> the same as with static_holder.
> Another reason for not including this is that Boost.Interprocess (on which
> intermodule_holder depends) is not universally supported, so making
> intermodule_holder the default would complicate things for some
> compilers.
Perhaps this is worth documenting.
>>> * What is your evaluation of the documentation?
>> Extremely clearly written and well thought out. I would like to see more
>> explanation of the examples. I like the inclusion of the test code.
>
> Any particular example you wished you had more info about? I can
> try to improve that if you point me to the improvable parts.
All of them really, I was hoping to see some of the more important lines
of code briefly explained in the documentation.
Best,
John.