Re: [boost] [thread] On shared_mutex

Subject: Re: [boost] [thread] On shared_mutex
From: Howard Hinnant (howard.hinnant_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-11-29 14:26:03

On Nov 29, 2010, at 1:16 PM, Anthony Williams wrote:

>> Thanks, I believe this means we're down to only two red arrows! :-)
> 
> And those are the two arrows I think we should not allow (S->U and
> S->E).

I've updated:

http://home.roadrunner.com/~hinnant/mutexes/locking.html

to color only the two disputed arrows red (the omissions are now purple).  And I've updated the example code showing use of a disputed try-conversion from shared to exclusive locking.  The newer example is I hope more motivating for the existence of the conversion.

-Howard