Anthony,

Thank you for your reply and considering the matter.

Do you know where I can comment with respect to the standards document?

Apropos your point about consistent pairs: I almost never use scoped_lock::lock. I always get

the lock as a side effect of the scoped_lock constructor. However, I do often

call scoped_lock::unlock to release the lock before the scope ends. So I need to remember: is the scoped_lock::acquire/release or is it scoped_lock::lock/unlock?

I'm curious: what are the uses for scoped_lock::release?

Best,

-Costa