"Beman Dawes" <bdawes@acm.org> wrote in message news:d4bkh6$6ht$1@sea.gmane.org... | | "Peter Dimov" <pdimov@mmltd.net> wrote in message | news:015b01c54770$b599c530$6501a8c0@pdimov2... | > Beman Dawes wrote: | >> The C++ standards committee's Library Working Group has proposed a | >> schedule for library changes and extensions: | >> | >> * October 2005: cutoff date for C++0x major library proposals | >> * October 2006: cutoff date for library TR2 proposals | >> * April 2007: cutoff date for C++0x library clean-up papers | >> | >> The usual rule-of-thumb is that new library components go in TR2, | >> while changes to existing components go in C++0x. The LWG will | >> consider exceptions to the rule on a case-by-case basis. | > | > A threading library is an interesting specimen. Is it a C++0x or a TR2 | > thing? Given that the cutoff dates are a whole year apart... | | Yep, sort of an odd case. Because it is a new component, TR2 would seem the | logical choice. But with three independent implementations (Boost, | Dinkumware, and Metrowerks), existing practice is already considerable and | many LWG members are already familiar with Boost.Threads. The Evolution | Working Group is apparently also interested in pushing forward with threads | for C++0x. Hans Boehm and others are working on core language changes to | legitimize C++ threading and other forms of concurrent programming. Some people in the EWG were working on threads. I belive Lawrence Crowl was heading the group; I told to contact Kevlin Henney to let him make the proposal; So I don't think we need to worry about this in boost. -Thorsten