-----Original Message----- From: boost-users-bounces@lists.boost.org [mailto:boost-users-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of Robert Kindred

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Can you not create them all, have them wait on some condition variable and signal when you're ready to go?

Yes, I suppose that works, with some extra effort. So does this mean that a monolithic constructor is very important to you?

Not necessarily a monolithic constructor. Just before it starts doing work, you wait on the condition. I wouldn't expect that to be a ton of work. However, it is important to me to not have to remember the order in which to create things. This is just asking for a bug at 2am. Sohail