Re: [boost] 'shared mutual exclusion'

From: Andrey Semashev (andysem_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-09-25 14:35:41

Gottlob Frege wrote:
> There was a long discussion about shared_mutex et al, and that was
> great.  I don't want to start it all over again, but I was just
> wondering about the name:
> 
> - I agree that 'reader writer', while known, might not be the best
> basis for a name

Well, personally I like read_write_mutex (rw_mutex or any variation of 
it). Yes, it is well known, widely used and is an established term. 
Seeing it in a piece of code I will know what's going on from the first 
sight, while with shared_mutex (or something of that sort) I'll have to 
dig out what was really meant here. That's my HO.