Re: [boost] Re: mutex_traits<>

From: Iain.Hanson_at_[hidden]
Date: 2002-01-31 14:23:12

Author:  david.abrahams (david.abrahams_at_[hidden]) at unix,mime
Date:    31/01/02 19:09

     
>...so you give newbies a "safe_mutex" on which scoped_lock works and for 
>which there are no lock/unlock functions? Maybe I'm just getting hung up on 
>the principle of the thing. After all, even experts are likely to use 
>scoped_lock most often.

One of the things that most concerns me with the totally safe interface is 
that if I want to unlock the mutex early and then re-aquire it later I 
can't.

I have to create two mutex's :-( with all the extra complication that 
entails in other functions .

/ikh

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