From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Thomas Pfaff <tpfaff@gmx.net>
To: Ye Liu <yliu@tibco.com>
Cc: win32-pthread <pthreads-win32@sourceware.cygnus.com>
Subject: Re: mutex implementation
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 01:01:00 -0000
Message-id: <Pine.WNT.4.33.0108230948100.102-100000@algeria.intern.net>
References: <3B833A89.4006BB49@tibco.com>
X-SW-Source: 2001/msg00119.html

On Wed, 22 Aug 2001, Ye Liu wrote:

> Greets,
>
> When implementing mutex, why win32 mutex object is not used directly. I
> posted the same question in comp.thread.programming group before, the
> answer is not convincing. What about you insiders' opinion?
>
> Regards,
>
> --ye
>
> --
> Ye Liu
> Tel(O) 650-846-5228
>
>
>

The current implementation is much faster under some circumstances. You
can compare it with a CriticalSection.

Greetings,

Thomas