Re: [Boost-users] [thread] bug: thread::sleep can't 'Idle'

Roland Schwarz wrote:

Please don't forget: the threading library supply you with the essential primitives. You might always need to create other convenience functions if needed.

I see your arguments. But I still think duration-based sleep should be part of Boost.Thread. Most of the time I prefer relative sleep over absolute sleep simply because it's a one-liner and sufficient for my all-day-need. I agree with you that absolute sleep is indispensable in certain situations. Therefor Boost.Thread should provide *both* interfaces. Boost.Filesystem provides some convenience functions in convenience.hpp. Maybe something similar in Boost.Thread would be the right place for this? Cheers Sascha