Re: [Boost-users] How to sleep inside a boost::thread?

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-03-16 07:58:07

Pedro Lamarão wrote:

> You can block a thread by trying to lock an already locked mutex.
>
> If you must wake the thread when a certain condition is met by the
> program, just release the lock when the condition is met.

No, never do that. A mutex is not a waiting primitive, it's a serialization 
primitive. Use condition::wait to wait for something.