Re: Passing ownership of object locks?

[David Morris <dmorris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

John,

>From the common programming APIs manual:

A mutex (or pthread_mutex from the mutex function names) is a mutual exclusion 
mechanism for synchronizing between threads, like a fast memory lock.  There 
are functions to initialize, destroy, lock, unlock, and test a mutex.  Mutexes 
should be used to serialize access to shared global storage.  They are also 
used in conjunction with condition variables

If you have book manager try searching for "MUTEX" on the system support 
bookshelf.

David Morris

>>> John Luebben <jluebben@worldnet.att.net> 04/30 6:20 PM >>>
 I keep seeing references to 'Mutexes'  At the risk of ????

1. What is a 'mutex' ?
2. Use ?
3. Where can I find info?


                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                         
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