Re: [Boost-users] [boost] [rfc] getting the dataflow library ready for submission

On Nov 12, 2007 5:36 PM, Neal Becker wrote:

How does dataflow lib address the (rather broad) topic of scheduling? I am reminded of the Ptolemy project from Berkeley.

As it stands, not in a whole lot of ways :-) The generic dataflow layer doesn't address scheduling (except you can invoke a component). The Dataflow.Signals layer included with the library (which uses Boost.Signals to transport data) is pretty much self scheduling since data transport is coupled with component invocation. The only functionality that remotely relates to scheduling is in the threading-related components (mutex, condition, and timed_storage). Thanks for the Ptolemy reference! I was not aware of that project and it looks very interesting. Stjepan