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From: Frank Mori Hess (frank.hess_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-01-30 16:29:37

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On Tuesday 30 January 2007 12:54 pm, Frank Mori Hess wrote:
> I'm curious why the boost::condition class requires a seperate mutex
> object to be created, and a corresponding scoped lock argument passed to
> the wait functions. Wouldn't it be easier to just keep a mutex inside
> the condition object and automatically lock it at the beginning of the
> wait functions? What am I missing here?

Ah, nevermind. I remember now sometimes you want to do:

1) lock
2) launch thread that will lock then notify
3) wait

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Frank
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