Roland Richter said: > Dear all, > > I'm new with Boost.Threads; I've just worked with > Java Threads so far. > > One feature of the Java language is the "synchronized" > keyword - to make variables, methods, code blocks etc. > thread-safe. So, when I first came into the situation > that I needed threads in C++ as well, I thought of a > way how to reflect that feature into C++. > > It seems to be easy to synchronize variables - see the > very minimalistic draft below. But what about synchronized > class methods etc.?
Java synchronized method: class Foo { public synchronized void bar() { /* code */ } } Boost.Threads synchronized method: class Foo { public: void bar() { boost::mutex::scoped_lock lock(m_mutex); /* code */ } private: boost::mutex m_mutex; }; Java synchronized block: class Foo { public void bar() { synchronized (this) { /* code */ } } } Boost.Threads synchronized block: class Foo { public: void bar() { { boost::mutex::scoped_lock lock(m_mutex); /* code */ } } private: boost::mutex m_mutex; }; > Is it worth to go further into that direction? > > I mean, the Boost.Thread library seems to be designed with > safety in mind, but is still a little bit low-level. > > Are there any efforts to enhance the library further? Yes. -- William E. Kempf _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost