Re: JvSynchronize nitpick

[Tom Tromey <tromey at cygnus dot com>]

>>>>> "Paul" == Paul Fisher <pnfisher@redhat.com> writes:

Paul> For JvSynchronize, why not make `synchronized' a macro (or
Paul> slightly name mangled) that expands into the current
Paul> JvSynchronize syntax?

I don't know.  It was this way when I started working on it.
One problem is choosing a variable name.

Paul> So C++ code would look like:
Paul> { synchronized (OBJ); CODE; }
Paul> which is more in line with the Java syntax.

We could even play some trick using "for" and a helper object to let
us write code like this:

    synchronized (foo)
      {
       ...
      }


(untested, with poor names)

   class helper
   {
	JvSynchronize sync;
	int count;
	helper(obj) : sync (obj), count (0) { }
	operator bool () { return count == 0; }
	helper &operator++ () { ++count; return *this; }
   }

   #define synchronized(Object) for (helper x (Object); ! x; ++x)

That might be too magical, not to mention slow.

Tom