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-=> Quoting Thomas Seeling to Phil Crown <=-
TS> This is a design problem anyway, I think. I would rather protect the
TS> call in the thread function with a semaphore as to prevent the thread
TS> function from calling the other function more than once.
TS> void thread(...) {
TS> request();
TS> rc=function();
TS> release();
TS> }
This may be a good idea, too.
But, by putting the request for the mux sem inside the called function,
I don't have to remember to request it (and fewer line of code to write)
from the calling function.
Phil Crown
pcrown{at}airmail.net
http://web2.airmail.net/pcrown/
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