= OSLash : OS Absraction Layer Wiki = OSLash is a cross-platform framework for developing powerful applications with high-performance requirements, by providing utilities for managing common aspects in computing applications like object management, serialization, and concurrency. == Features == * Cross platform Multi-threading API which synchronization tools like mutexes, conditional variables, barriers, count-down latches and intrinsic atomic operations. * Circular buffers for multi-task synchronization, solving the problem of '''1 Producer to 1 Consumer''' and '''1Producer to Multiple Consumers'''. * A powerful '''ThreadPool''' implementation optimized for the '''Parallel-For''' pattern for executing a set of concurrent tasks in parallel. * A highly efficient implementation of common data structures, containers and algorithms like vectors, lists, hash-table sets. Lightweight, portable and also has a very competitive performance performance comparing to c++ STL library. * Memory management for multi-threaded applications with a custom version of the Scalable Allocator as the one implemented in the Intel Threading Building Blocks library. Different implementation, same principle. More readable and maintainable in code. * Management of Global variables with dynamic memory allocation. * Text and string utilities with regular expressions. * Serialization of objects with JSON syntax and XML support. * Time classes and functions for profiling. * Filesystem utilities. * Classes for object management with reference counting and smart pointers. * A robust Math and numerics library for consistent and deterministic calculations across different platforms. Manages number serialization, and also fixed point arithmetics support.