libpsync
The libpsync library provides lightweight portable
synchronization primitives (thread, mutex, semaphore) for
C/C++ under a non-restrictive license.
This is an open source library, for more information on the
licensing of the code please read LICENSE.TXT (which is a
standard new BSD license).
SourceForge project page
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To Do
For version 1.0:
- Mach kernel API implementation.
- Add build files (automake? ...)
- Add documentation.
- Review return value handling
Post 1.0:
- Add more features to existing APIs.
- Add more synchronization primitives (conditions, events, etc.)
- Add support for more native synchronization APIs (PS2? PSP? Cocoa?)
- Add more robust test suite.
Revision History
0.7 (2009-04-11)
- Allow copy and assign in C++ mutex and semaphore wrappers.
- Add explicit keyword in C++ wrapper constructors.
- Add platform to output directory name when building with make.
- Add nested threading test.
- Fixed compiler warning in POSIX thread implementation.
- Fixed incorrect POSIX semaphore initialization.
- Fixed crash on double-join in psyncThread class.
- Fixed PS3 tool path handling.
- Increased warning levels for 'make' system.
- Added pthread lib to link when building executables for posix platform.
- Added ignore properties to svn for output files in "make" directory.
- Added ignore properties to svn for "src/ps3" directory.
- Added ignore properties to svn for "vstudio" directory.
- Update copyright notices.
0.6 (2007-11-08)
- Improved POSIX compatibility under Linux and MacOSX.
- Added basic 'CMake' build system.
- Minor improvements to 'make' system.
- Began adding Doxygen support.
- Added another thread test.
0.5 (2007-10-17)
- Added Visual Studio 2005 solution and project files.
- Added basic 'make' build system.
- Changed return type of thread join APIs.
- Began adding a few comments in the header.
- Fixed a few minor compiler warnings exposed by adding -pedantic.
- Improved POSIX compatibility by defining _XOPEN_SOURCE before including pthread.h.
0.4 (2007-09-29)
- Fixed warnings related to casting thread user data pointer and return values.
- Improved thread creation API.
- Rewrote thread priority and stack size code.
- Added additional constructor to mutex classes.
0.3 (2007-09-24)
- Fixed bug in threading test.
- Fixed POSIX mutex to allow recursion.
- Removed redundant null pointer checks in C++ wrappers.
- Added psyncMutexAuto class.
0.2 (2007-09-23)
- Added C++ wrappers for threads, mutexes, and semaphores.
0.1 (2007-09-21)
- Contains very basic APIs for creating threads, mutexes, and semaphores.
- Has implementations for Win32, POSIX, and PS3 (PS3 version available only to registered PS3 developers).
Copyright (c) 2007-2009 Benbuck Nason
