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echo: os2prog
to: Thomas Seeling
from: Phil Crown
date: 1996-11-10 13:42:38
subject: Mutex semaphores

-=> 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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