Re: [Boost-users] query regarding mutex

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] query regarding mutex
From: Anthony Williams (anthony.ajw_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-07-27 02:39:06

Abbhishek Misra <abhishekfishy2000_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Please help me figure out what purpose does 'unspecified-type' serve below.
>
> typedef unspecified-type scoped_try_lock;

It means that the implementation provides a real type, the name of which
you're not being told, and which may therefore change. The documentation
below tells you what properties this type has.

Anthony
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