Re: [boost] [singleton] Design questions

Peter Dimov wrote:

What is the reason to prefer the current instance/lease formulation instead of

typedef ... instance_type; instance_type instance(); // automatically serves as a lease

?

As we can't expose the instance when automatic locking is done, it is supposed to provide a means to not have to access the instance directly.

(Also, why mutexed_singleton? Mutexed is not a word; synchronized_singleton maybe?)

Apologies if these have already been answered.

No, they haven't. And there were no complaints about the no-word either, so far :-). Regards, Tobias