Re: what' the flaw in code

From:
"Francesco S. Carta" <entuland@gmail.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Sat, 19 Jun 2010 10:20:37 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID:
<f8e7f81a-438c-44bf-a3b3-a9431718a1dc@c33g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>
layman <sony.sonytho...@gmail.com> wrote:

class Dictionary
{
  public :
        Dictionary()
                       {
                         pthread_mutex_init(&mu=

tex_,0)

                       }
        virtual ~Dictionary()
                        {
                         pthread_mutex_destroy(=

&mutex_);

                        }
        std::String transalate(std::string word) throw (std::stri=

ng)

                    {
                      pthread_mutex_lock(&mutex_);
                      if (dict.find(word) == di=

ct.end())

                         {
                           throw std::string(=

word + "not found");

                         }
                      std::string transalation = =

dict[MH:word];

                      pthread_mutex_unlock(&mutex_)=

;

                      return transalation;
                    }
         void addToDictionary (std::string word,std::string
transalation) throw (std::string)
              {
                      pthread_mutex_lock(&mutex_);
                      if (dict.find(word)!=dict.e=

nd())

                          {
                            throw std::string=

(word + "already exits");

                          }
                      dict[MH:word]=transalation;
                      pthread_mutex_unlock(&mutex_)=

;

               }
       private:
           typedef std::map<std::string,std ::string>dictType=

;

           dictType dict;
           pthread_mutex_t mutex_;
  }

Here would like to know.What this class actually intended for?
What is the flaw in the class & what is the fix?
How to improve the perfomance in the concurrent environment,or how to
better perfomance.
what will be the ideal test which can demonstrate perfomance
improvement in the concurrent environment


But moreover: what is the name of the teacher that assigned this
homework?

You're not going to have it solved by someone else than you - at
least, not here - start by feeding it to the compiler and examine the
errors (if any). Reading the C++ FAQ is a must - you'll eventually
find the solution to many if not all of your questions there in the
FAQ.

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