Re: [boost] Copyable mutex

From: Stefan Seefeld (seefeld_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-07-20 16:24:57

Michael Caisse wrote:
> Phillip Hellewell wrote:
> 
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> 
>> Is this a good solution that could maybe be made part of boost, in such a
>> way that it is guaranteed to work and be safe?
>>
>> Or is there a better solution?
>>   
> How about using boost::shared_ptr. Something like this in your class instead:
> 
> 	boost::shared_ptr< boost::recursive_mutex > myMutex;

Then you would protect both copies of the resource that is part of the class
by a single (shared) mutex. That doesn't sound right.

Regards,
                Stefan

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