scoped_try_lock

From: schalk_cronje_at_[hidden]
Date: 2002-02-20 07:58:52

I was wondering about this line in  boost::detail::thread::scoped_try_lock:

        if(m_locked) throw lock_error();

Since it is known that the lock attempt might fail and we do not want to
block until the lock becomes available, is it not better to simply return
false in the above case instead of throwing lock_error?

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