Re: [boost] [thread] RFC standard proposed mutex, read-write mutex, condition

Ion Gaztañaga wrote:

Peter Dimov wrote:

...

the author of X may have accidentally omitted the initialization of cn_. Without a default constructor, this doesn't compile and one needs to explicitly choose between

X(): cn_( &mx_ ) {}

and

X(): cn_( 0 ) {} // no checking

What about...

template<Mutex> class condition { condition(); explicit condition(any_mutex_type); explicit condition(mutex_type& m); //... };

This is possible, but the default constructor still allows you to forget to associate the condition with a mutex: X() {} any_mutex vs 0 is a style issue; I prefer to use an old-fashioned way if it does the job as this is what the majority of the audience expects and understands, as un-Boost-y this may sound. :-) Not a big deal though.