From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Tristan Savatier <tristan@mpegtv.com>
To: Scott McCaskill <scott@3dfx.com>
Cc: "'pthreads-win32@sources.redhat.com'" <pthreads-win32@sources.redhat.com>
Subject: Re: Mutex implementation questions
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2000 15:59:00 -0000
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> Scott McCaskill wrote:
> 
> 
> Yes, I'm pretty sure critical sections can't be shared between
> processes (but mutexes can).  So this may be the reason.

Yes, but does the pthread API  permit the creation of pthread mutexes
that
are shared between processes ?

If not, then what would be the advantage of using  CreateMutex
rather than InitializeCriticalSection ?

-t