"Kevin Atkinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Sat, 1 Mar 2003, Thorsten Ottosen wrote: > > > First I want to say that I'm not experienced with multitherading, but I > > would like to see a standard lib > > to solve these situations. > > > > A small question about enforcing correct parameter passing: you have these > > typedefs : > > > > // These locks should never be passed by value to functions. > > // Instead use the following typedef to pass by reference: > > typedef const LockOnly & WillOnlyLock; > > typedef const Lock & WillLock; > > typedef const UnlockOnly & WillOnlyUnlock; > > typedef const Unlock & WillUnlock; > > > > Is this the best way to enforce this? Why not just make lock objects > > noncopyable? > > Um, they are. This typedef are strictly for convenience and readability.
what convenience and what readability? C++ programmers are use to const XX& parameters. Having four extra names makes the concept harder to understand. regards Thorsten _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost
