Is it true that C++0x will come without semaphores? There are already some questions on Stack Overflow regarding the use of semaphores. I use them (posix semaphores) all the
Also can be useful RAII semaphore wrapper in threads:
class ScopedSemaphore
{
public:
explicit ScopedSemaphore(Semaphore& sem) : m_Semaphore(sem) { m_Semaphore.Wait(); }
ScopedSemaphore(const ScopedSemaphore&) = delete;
~ScopedSemaphore() { m_Semaphore.Notify(); }
ScopedSemaphore& operator=(const ScopedSemaphore&) = delete;
private:
Semaphore& m_Semaphore;
};
Usage example in multithread app:
boost::ptr_vector threads;
Semaphore semaphore;
for (...)
{
...
auto t = new std::thread([..., &semaphore]
{
ScopedSemaphore scopedSemaphore(semaphore);
...
}
);
threads.push_back(t);
}
for (auto& t : threads)
t.join();