Beman Dawes <bdawes@acm.org> writes:
A slightly updated version of http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2008/n2615.html was accepted at the C++ committee meeting last week.
Although these clock and time features evolved from Boost Date-Time, the actual realization is quite different. So we've got a transition that has to be managed. I'd personally like to see that transition occur quickly, both because Boost.Threads depends on these features, and because I can now bring forward an improved Boost.Timer based on these features.
One suggestion is for Boost to provide an implementation of the headers to be added to C++0x, and then to use those headers in the various Boost libraries that need them. But I haven't thought it out in any detail.
I think it would be really useful to have an implementation of this in boost. I've always intended Boost.Thread to track the standard, so I will be making these changes in due course. I think the point Ion made about backwards compatibility in Boost.Thread is important, so I will retain the old function names and signatures as well, at least for a couple of releases. Anthony -- Anthony Williams | Just Software Solutions Ltd Custom Software Development | http://www.justsoftwaresolutions.co.uk Registered in England, Company Number 5478976. Registered Office: 15 Carrallack Mews, St Just, Cornwall, TR19 7UL