Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #3269: boost thread - mutex.lock() doesn't throw exception

Subject: Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #3269: boost thread - mutex.lock() doesn't throw exception
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-08-31 12:50:12

#3269: boost thread - mutex.lock() doesn't throw exception
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 Reporter:  anonymous          |       Owner:  anthonyw
     Type:  Bugs               |      Status:  new     
Milestone:  Boost 1.40.0       |   Component:  thread  
  Version:  Boost 1.39.0       |    Severity:  Problem 
 Keywords:  thread mutex lock  |  
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Comment(by anonymous):

 Replying to [comment:2 steven_watanabe]:
 > What errors do you expect from pthread_mutex_lock?
 mutex.lock() call may fail - and it sometimes does (according, for
 example, to POSIX mutexes), so we need to know that something went wrong.
 One way to report an error is to throw system_error exception, like for
 example just::thread library does:
 http://www.stdthread.co.uk/doc/headers/mutex/mutex/lock.html

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/3269#comment:3>
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