From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Grant Edwards To: Nick Garnett Cc: ecos-discuss@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: Re: [ECOS] No binary semaphore in C API? Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 05:32:00 -0000 Message-id: <20010327073227.A8235@visi.com> References: <20010316140116.A1062@visi.com> <3AB67D44.AFB5E10D@redhat.com> <20010326133727.A3008@visi.com> X-SW-Source: 2001-03/msg00445.html On Tue, Mar 27, 2001 at 10:46:18AM +0100, Nick Garnett wrote: > > Why impliment binary semaphores if there is no intent to > > allow their use? > > They are available from C++. Binary semaphores were one of the first > synchronization primitives I implemented. It happens that none of the > APIs use them, so they are somewhat redundant. I could always remove > them if that would make you happier :-) Sure -- then I don't have to be jealous. Counting semaphores are working just fine, but I was curious. -- Grant Edwards grante@visi.com