Re: [Boost-users] Thread locks

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Thread locks
From: Anthony Williams (anthony.ajw_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-02-03 04:24:36

"Larry E. Ramey" <ramey_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Under 1.33.1 we used to do this:
>
> boost::try_mutex::scoped_try_lock lock(m_mutex);
>  if (lock.locked() && m_threadState == UploadMap)
>  {
>
> I'm not sure, but I think under 1.37 I should do:
>
> boost::try_mutex::scoped_try_lock lock(m_mutex);
>  if (lock.owns_lock() && m_threadState == UploadMap)
>  {
>

That looks right.

> When I do that, I get a crash when I exit that I never used to have.

What platform? Have you tried running a debugger?

What else from boost are you using? There's quite a lot of changes in
boost between 1.33.1 and 1.37.

Anthony
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