Using boost locks for RAII access to a semaphore?

Dan, I think you are overcomplicating things. What you are describing is easily achievable with a main processing thread, a synchronized queue, and a pool of worker thread(s). It also looks like you are falling into a common trap of using locks to "protect code", while it's the data structures you need to protect.

Dan, I think you are overcomplicating things. What you are describing is easily achievable with a main processing thread, a synchronized queue, and a pool of worker thread(s). It also looks like you are falling into a common trap of using locks to "protect code", while it's the data structures you need to protect.

Define your shared data, identify minimal critical sections when the data might be inconsistent. Brace that with locks.

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