On Sep 26, 2012, at 6:17 PM, Yi Ding <yi.s.ding@gmail.com> wrote:
I started using the spinlock in boost/smart_ptr/detail/spinlock.hpp and discovered that it needs to be manually initialized, even for the spinlock_sync version, which became a nasty bug when it manifested itself. This seems a bit out of sync with the rest of the mutexes in boost::thread.
Now, I'm guessing that the fact that the spinlock is in boost::detail means that it's not really for outside consumption (newbie boost user here), but is there something in the works that will be?
The detail namespace is so named because anything in it is an implementation detail. There is no documentation, you should expect no support, and you should expect breaking changes from one release to the next. (I have no idea whether there are or will be official alternatives for what you're using.) ___ Rob