Re: [Boost-users] mutexes : Is this thread-safe ?

From: Sebastian Redl (sebastian.redl_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-02-17 06:07:55

Dhanvi Kapila wrote:

>Hi :
> I have this piece of code for mutex operations.  is this code 
>thread-safe ?
>
Thread-safety aside, what is the use of this code? Why not just use a 
shared_ptr<mutex> and construct the lock objects on the stack, as 
they're supposed to be (and as is exception-safe, unlike your object)?

Sebastian Redl