...as removing all derived classes (stacks and pools) from the queue module, I still suffered...

...model you are thinking of then, thread pools are a useful optimization.

I wrote a...

Weren't thread pools mostly a crutch for old systems where creating threads was expensive...

...delegates.  Delegates could be used with thread pools so that all the programmer would have...

...of example: "unscoped" resources, such as connection-pools, would operate per normal in this scenario...

...can use an object pool.
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> Since object pools are a nice paradigm in some instances...

...can use an object pool.

Since object pools are a nice paradigm in some instances...

...could be treated better (eg with memory pools), this proposal does not let you distinguish...

...a manual allocation strategy (i.e. memory pools) because you've effectively lost handles to...

...and Subversion for their use of memory pools (both use the APR).

However, If your...