Re: [boost] What's a Mutex ? (Was: Re: Threads)

From: Valentin Bonnard (Bonnard.V_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-08-07 20:16:38

Andy Sawyer wrote:

>  I concur. "P" and "V" are only interesting from the archaeological
> viewpoint.

I prefer these names because they are so strange and specific that 
they show very clearly what we are talking about.

lock() can lock a file, lock an exclusive lock, enter some 
other sort of critical section.

I like the names P and V because they don't mean anything to most 
people, but I dislike semaphores because I have never understoud 
how they were meant to be used. (I don't see the specific problem 
they solve.)

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Valentin Bonnard