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Conformace and Extension

C++11 standard Thread library
Shared Locking extensions

Table 28.1. C++11 standard Conformace

Section

Description

Status

Comments

Ticket

30

Thread support library

Partial

-

-

30.1

General

-

-

-

30.2

Requirements

-

-

-

30.2.1

Template parameter names

-

-

-

30.2.2

Exceptions

Yes

-

-

30.2.3

Native handles

Yes

-

-

30.2.4

Timing specifications

Yes

-

-

30.2.5

Requirements for Lockable types

Yes

-

-

30.2.5.1

In general

-

-

-

30.2.5.2

BasicLockable requirements

Yes

-

-

30.2.5.3

Lockable requirements

yes

-

-

30.2.5.4

TimedLockable requirements

Yes

-

-

30.2.6

decay_copy

-

-

-

30.3

Threads

Partial

-

-

30.3.1

Class thread

Partial

move,variadic,terminate

#zzzz,#6270,#6269

30.3.1.1

Class thread::id

Yes

-

-

30.3.1.2

thread constructors

Partial

move,variadic

#zzzz,#6270

30.3.1.3

thread destructor

Partial

terminate

#6266

30.3.1.4

thread assignment

Partial

terminate

#6269

30.3.1.5

thread members

Yes

-

-

30.3.1.6

thread static members

Yes

-

-

30.3.1.7

thread specialized algorithms

Yes

-

-

30.3.2

Namespace this_thread

Yes

-

-

30.4

Mutual exclusion

Partial

-

-

30.4.1

Mutex requirements

Yes

-

-

30.4.1.1

In general

Yes

-

-

30.4.1.2

Mutex types

Yes

-

-

30.4.1.2.1

Class mutex

Yes

-

-

30.4.1.2.2

Class recursive_mutex

Yes

-

-

30.4.1.3

Timed mutex types

Yes

-

-

30.4.1.3.1

Class timed_mutex

Yes

-

-

30.4.1.3.1

Class recursive_timed_mutex

Yes

-

-

30.4.2

Locks

Partial

variadic

#6227

30.4.2.1

Class template lock_guard

Yes

-

-

30.4.2.2

Class template unique_lock

Yes

-

-

30.4.2.2.1

unique_lock constructors, destructor, and assignment

Yes

-

-

30.4.2.2.2

unique_lock locking

Yes

-

-

30.4.2.2.3

unique_lock modifiers

Yes

-

-

30.4.2.2.4

unique_lock observers

Yes

-

30.4.3

Generic locking algorithms

Partial

variadic

#6227

30.4.4

Call once

Partial

The interface doesn't corresponds

#6342

30.4.4.1

Struct once_flag

Partial

interface

#6342

30.4.4.2

Function call_once

Partial

interface

#6342

30.5

Condition variables

Partial

notify_all_at_thread_exit

#xxxx

30.5 6-10

Function notify_all_at_thread_exit

No

-

#xxxx

30.5.1

Class condition_variable

Yes

-

-

30.5.2

Class condition_variable_any

Yes

-

-

30.6

Futures

Partial

-

-

30.6.1

Overview

Partial

-

-

30.6.2

Error handling

Yes

-

-

30.6.3

Class future_error

Yes

-

-

30.6.4

Shared state

-

-

-

30.6.5

Class template promise

Partial

allocator

#6228

30.6.6

Class template future

Partial

allocator,unique_future is the closest to future, renamed in V3

#6228

30.6.7

Class template shared_future

Partial

allocator

#6228

30.6.8

Function template async

No

async

#4710

30.6.9

Class template packaged_task

Partial

move

#yyyy


Table 28.2. Howard's Shared Locking Proposal Conformace

Section

Description

Status

Comments

X

Shared Locking

Yes

Needs `BOOST_THREAD_PROVIDES_SHARED_MUTEX_UPWARDS_CONVERSION

X.1

Shared Lockables Concepts

Yes

-

X.1.1

SharedLockable concept

Yes

-

X.1.2

UpgradeLockable concept

Yes

-

X.2

Shared Mutex Types

Yes

-

X.2.1

shared_mutex class

Yes

-

X.2.2

upgrade_mutex class

Yes

-

X.3

Locks

Yes

-

X.3.1

unique_lock class adaptations

Yes

-

X.3.2

shared_lock class

Yes

-

X.3.3

upgrade_lock class

Yes

-



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