I'm a newbie in this world. I have a qustion.
Is there any reason to prefer pthread_mutex_* to std::mutex in the swift
stdlib ?
Nowadays in C++, the std::mutex is the standard and more portable than
pthread_mutex_*.
If I'm porting the swift stdlib to non-POSIX system, which method should I
choose ?
Adding #if-#else-#endif or changing pthread to std::mutex ?
Thanks
Han Sangjin
I don't think there is a problem with using std::mutex, but I know
that you will encounter issues down the road (in tests and other
places) that use pthreads. It will be a massive task to port them.
You might consider writing a shim library implementing the required
parts of pthreads instead.
Dmitri
On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 5:51 PM, Sangjin Han via swift-dev <swift-dev@swift.org> wrote:
I'm a newbie in this world. I have a qustion.
Is there any reason to prefer pthread_mutex_* to std::mutex in the swift
stdlib ?Nowadays in C++, the std::mutex is the standard and more portable than
pthread_mutex_*.If I'm porting the swift stdlib to non-POSIX system, which method should I
choose ?Adding #if-#else-#endif or changing pthread to std::mutex ?
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(j){printf("%d\n",i);}}} /*Dmitri Gribenko <gribozavr@gmail.com>*/
The runtime already uses std::mutex in a few places, so if there were portability problems with it, we’d already be hitting them. I agree that we should prefer std::mutex where possible.
John.
On Feb 25, 2016, at 5:51 PM, Sangjin Han via swift-dev <swift-dev@swift.org> wrote:
I'm a newbie in this world. I have a qustion.Is there any reason to prefer pthread_mutex_* to std::mutex in the swift stdlib ?
Nowadays in C++, the std::mutex is the standard and more portable than pthread_mutex_*.
If I'm porting the swift stdlib to non-POSIX system, which method should I choose ?
Adding #if-#else-#endif or changing pthread to std::mutex ?
We should definitely standardize on one or the other, at least. std::mutex would definitely make things easier for ports to less POSIXish platforms.
-Joe
On Feb 26, 2016, at 10:35 AM, John McCall via swift-dev <swift-dev@swift.org> wrote:
On Feb 25, 2016, at 5:51 PM, Sangjin Han via swift-dev <swift-dev@swift.org> wrote:
I'm a newbie in this world. I have a qustion.Is there any reason to prefer pthread_mutex_* to std::mutex in the swift stdlib ?
Nowadays in C++, the std::mutex is the standard and more portable than pthread_mutex_*.
If I'm porting the swift stdlib to non-POSIX system, which method should I choose ?
Adding #if-#else-#endif or changing pthread to std::mutex ?
The runtime already uses std::mutex in a few places, so if there were portability problems with it, we’d already be hitting them. I agree that we should prefer std::mutex where possible.