C++0x has no semaphores? How to synchronize threads?

Question

Is it true that C++0x will come without semaphores? There are already some questions on Stack Overflow regarding the use of semaphores. I use them (posix semaphores) all the

Answer 1

In case someone is interested in the atomic version, here is the implementation. The performance is expected better than the mutex & condition variable version.

class semaphore_atomic
{
public:
    void notify() {
        count_.fetch_add(1, std::memory_order_release);
    }

    void wait() {
        while (true) {
            int count = count_.load(std::memory_order_relaxed);
            if (count > 0) {
                if (count_.compare_exchange_weak(count, count-1, std::memory_order_acq_rel, std::memory_order_relaxed)) {
                    break;
                }
            }
        }
    }

    bool try_wait() {
        int count = count_.load(std::memory_order_relaxed);
        if (count > 0) {
            if (count_.compare_exchange_strong(count, count-1, std::memory_order_acq_rel, std::memory_order_relaxed)) {
                return true;
            }
        }
        return false;
    }
private:
    std::atomic_int count_{0};
};