Re: [boost] Boost.Threads Locking Delima

From: Mattias Flodin (flodin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-05-17 04:14:05

On Fri, May 17, 2002 at 04:49:50PM +1000, Matthew Wilson wrote:
> This seems nice, but is there a practical need for the lock() and unlock() methods outside of their implementation in ctor/dtor? I've worked on various multithreaded projects on a number of platforms and never seen the need for anything more than
<snip>

Yes, this is what we are discussing, and what Bill Kempf gave specific
examples of, isn't it?

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