Personal opinion follows ... Peter Dimov wrote:
Hello everyone,
I'd like to start working on a Boost implementation of my threading proposal N2178:
http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2007/n2178.html
but, as you'll see if you take a look at it, it differs from the current Boost.Threads and Howard Hinnant's competing N2184 in a number of important places, and having two competing libraries in Boost that do the same thing may not be a good idea.
Boost is many things, but one of them is an incubator for std libraries and new technologies. Put it in namespace boost::n2178, or something. No problem.
So what would be the best way to proceed?
Go for it. Put it in boost-sandbox, encourage people to use it, and get it in the review queue. Trust in the peer-review process. Eventually, we'll have a standard threading library, which might be some mashup of boost::threads, Howard's proposal and yours. And even that would not be reason enough to stop trying to innovate. Boost is a good place for that. My $0.02. -- Eric Niebler Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com