[Boost-users] scope_lock question

Subject: [Boost-users] scope_lock question
From: Jeff Dunlap (jeff_j_dunlap_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-02-21 20:22:49

I plan to start using Boost Thread, but for now I have a multithreaded Win32
application that does not use boost.  

Although the threads were not created with Boost Thread, can I use
boost::mutex::scoped_lock to protect some new functions I write for the app? 
Example:

boost::mutex mutex;

void whatever()
{
    boost::mutex::scoped_lock lock(mutex);
    // will this be protected even though the
    // thread was not created using Boost?
}

Thank you