Re: [boost] Boost.Fiber mini-review September 4-13

4 Sep 2015


      2015-09-04 22:13 GMT+02:00 Thomas Heller :
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On 09/04/2015 09:51 PM, Oliver Kowalke wrote:
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2015-09-04 21:39 GMT+02:00 Thomas Heller :
The problematic portion in std::mutex/boost::mutex is exactly the missing
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mechanism how to yield in the correct way. Even if you implement a
mechanism like in the blog post you mentioned, the problem hasn't been
solved.
why would be boost::this_fiber::yield() inappropriate?
It's inappropriate for anything not running in a boost fiber execution
context.
it is save to call boost::this_fiber::yield() from main(), e.g. each thread
has a main-context/main-fiber