From: Oliver.Kowalke_at_[hidden]
Date: 2006-08-08 05:24:43
> looks like what I need ;) The only question is, what does
> stop() function of a defer_point?
defer_pool::stop deactivates the threaded queue. All threads are
awakened.
> Will it stop all tasks
> immediately or will it wait until the task queue is empty and
> stop it then?
It waits until all tasks were removed and processed from the queue.
> Are there some plans to integrate this into the official
> boost release?
not yet
> It would be nice to provide support for
> different queue policies, like priority queue etc... May be
> there are more wishes, like Vsevolod stated, by adding
> support for threading or process policies...
definetly - the library needs some improvements (fpr instance meber
function defer should return a future).
Oliver