Re: Why is java consumer/producer so much faster than C++

From:
Bo Persson <bop@gmb.dk>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Tue, 24 Jul 2012 19:50:22 +0200
Message-ID:
<a785ivFqhuU1@mid.individual.net>
Luca Risolia skrev 2012-07-24 00:33:

On 23/07/2012 12:17, Melzzzzz wrote:

(On a side note, the C++ version you have given does not have the
best possible interface for a thread-safe queue)


I have just copied Java BlockingQueue interface, which is of course
suited for Java. Don't know actually how ideal interface would look
like.


In C++11 the ideal interface for a generic thread-safe and
exception-safe queue should at least provide std::shared_ptr<T> take()
and/or void take(T&). T take() is limited to those types having no-throw
copy constructors or move-constructors. This also means that you should
check the type at compile-time by using type traits. However, in your
test case you used move-semantic everywhere, so that is not problem.
Also note that the term "pop" instead of "take" is more in the spirit of
C++.


Using move semantics in a return statement might interfere with the NRVO
that would otherwise likely kick in. It is not an optimization.

Bo Persson

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