Amit is right: boost::mutex::scoped_lock is a typedef for boost::unique_lock<boost::mutex>, not lock_guard. scoped_lock is not available in C++0x. Unless you need the flexibility of unique_lock, I would use lock_guard. It is simpler, and more clearly expresses the intent to limit the lock to a defined scope.
There are already two compilers that support C++ modules clang: http://clang.llvm.org/docs/Modules.html MS VS 2015: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/vcblog/archive/2015/12/03/c-modules-in-vs-2015-update-1.aspx The Microsoft approach appears to be the one gaining the most traction, mainly because Microsoft are throwing a lot more resources at their implementation than any of the clang folk currently. See https://llvm.org/bugs/buglist.cgi?list_id=100798&query_format=advanced&component=Modules&product=clang for what I mean, there are some … Read more
Note: new-style classes are the default in Python 3. Subclassing object is unnecessary there. Read below for more information on usage with Python 2. In short, it sets free magical ponies. In long, Python 2.2 and earlier used “old style classes”. They were a particular implementation of classes, and they had a few limitations (for … Read more