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Why supply boost::condition variables rather than event variables?

April 26, 2017boost condition event supply variables

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Why supply boost::condition variables rather than event variables?

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Condition variables result in user code much less prone to race conditions than event variables. See the section called “Rationale for not providing Event Variables” for analysis. Also see [Hoare74] and [SchmidtStalRohnertBuschmann].