Re: wrapping synchronization in objects?
On 1 Apr., 17:47, "Gernot Frisch" <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
is it possible (win32, *nix, only) to create a template class that
locks/unlocks a mutex every time the value of an object is used?
I recently saw a nifty trick that involves a smart pointer that locks
a mutex upon "use" of its pointee.
The trick was to let operator-> return a proxy (local rvalue) that
locks the mutex in the constructor, unlocks it in the destructor and
also overrides operator-> to return the actual pointer.
void f(lockptr<my_class> p const&)
{
p->do_something();
}
would be short for
void f(lockptr<my_class> p const&)
{
p.operator->().operator->()->do_something();
}
After the first ->() you have a temporary. This temporary's ->()
returns the actual pointer which is then used to call the function.
The temporary is destroyed when the complete expression is evaluated
(including the function call do_something). Locking and unlocking is
done in the temporary's constructor and destructor.
Cheers!
SG
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