Re: Boost.Threads - 'lock' name (was Re: Boost.Thread

From: Kevlin Henney (kevlin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-07-20 10:58:03

>   From: williamkempf_at_[hidden]
[...]
>My 
>problem here, though, is that the nebulous complaint you have against 
>the shorter name "lock" is going to exist with "scoped_lock" as 
>well.  There's a conceptual difference between this sort of "lock" 
>and a "spinlock".

Have you considered using the name 'locker'? This is the one I tend to
use: a locker (the scoped locking object) locks (calls the member
function) a lock (the mutex).

>A mutex is not a lock, though.  It can be LOCKED, but that's not the 
>same thing.  If you want to look at this from an English language 
>view point, the name "lock" doesn't really fit either concept 
>perfectly.  

This would be a fine line of logic if it were correct... but
unfortunately it isn't :-(

Kevlin
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