On Sun, 30 Apr 2006 16:09:36 -0400, Matt Calabrese wrote
For the past month or so I've been working on a concurrency library which brings active types, atomic types, and parallel loop constructs and algorithms to C++. I am familiar with some of the concurrency projects already underway, though I'm sure my library would be able to coexist. I plan on proposing through SoC sometime later this week.
Over the past two days I've also begun writing up some documentation using QuickBook to give a general idea as to the design of the library. Though I do have a lot of features already implemented, there is still a very large amount of work to be done prior to completion. Some feedback before I make the formal proposal would be nice, and it'd also be great to see if anyone is interested. Keep in mind that the documentation is only a rough outing and so there are a few unconnected links, but I do include a brief introduction and some basic usage examples including code snippets. The library is reference to as Surge.Act as that is the namespace I use for my personal libraries, though it will of course be changed to Boost.Act if it were to be accepted.
http://members.gamedev.net/Rivorus/surge/html/index.html
For those familiar with the concept of futures and are confused as to why they are not mentioned, I will be adding all of that information to the rationale over the upcoming few days. I also apologize for not having better code examples.
Hi Matt - Are you proposing this as a project you would do as a student or that you are looking for someone else to help with? In either case, please add to the Wiki: http://www.crystalclearsoftware.com/cgi-bin/boost_wiki/wiki.pl?Google_Summer... If you are planning to submit this as a student proposal, you'll need to follow the instructions from here: http://code.google.com/soc/studentfaq.html Jeff