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Document number: N3533

Date: 2013-03-12

C++ Concurrent Queues

by Lawrence Crowl and Chris Mysen

Excerpt:

This paper revises N3434 = 12-0043 - 2012-01-14 as follows.

• Add more exposition.

• Provide separate non-blocking operations.

• Add a section on the lock-free queues.

• Argue against push-back operations.

• Add a cautionary note on the usefulness of is_closed().

• Expand the cautionary note on the usefulness of is_empty(). Add is_full().

• Add a subsection on element type requirements.

• Add a subsection on exception handling.

• Clarify ordering constraints on the interface.

• Add a subsection on a lock-free concrete queue.

• Add a section on content iterators, distinct from the existing streaming iterators section.

• Swap front and back names, as requested.

• General expository cleanup.

• Add an 'Revision History' section.