Re: [boost] [threads] win32 mutex and read-write mutex

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-10-09 09:01:26

Anthony Williams wrote:

> How about a try_lock(spin_count) call? or even a lock(spin_count)?
> Would that be superfluous?

This is an interesting suggestion that I've never seen before. Specifically, 
lock( 0 ) looks quite valuable if the default number of spins is left 
unspecified.