From: William E. Kempf (wekempf_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-06-09 16:25:10
Brian Plummer said:
> Atomic operations (atomic_add, atomic_subtract etc) are not handled in
> the Boost Threads library. My guess is that this is because this cannot
> be accomplished, based on what I know about this topic (which isn't too
> much), in a portable way. Is this the reason? If not, having these
> operations in the Threads library would be a big benefit.
Portability is the major concern. These are also low level enough to not
have a high priority.
-- William E. Kempf