> >>What is the recommended way to create mutex objects
> (CreateMutex) from
> >>Win32 libraries? There must be a clean way like there is
> in pthreads.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >A mutex is inherently a global object. CreateMutex(NULL,
> FALSE, NULL)
> >will return a handle to an unowned mutex.
> >
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What is the recommended way to create mutex objects (CreateMutex) from
Win32 libraries? There must be a clean way like there is in pthreads.
A mutex is inherently a global object. CreateMutex(NULL, FALSE, NULL) will
return a handle to an unowned mutex.
That's not t
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> > Andreas Pflug wrote:
> >> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >Agreed. My pthread book says pthread_mutex_init() should be called
> >> only
> >> >once, and we have to guarantee that. If the Windows implentatio
>
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> Andreas Pflug wrote:
>> Bruce Momjian wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >
>> >Agreed. My pthread book says pthread_mutex_init() should be called
>> only
>> >once, and we have to guarantee that. If the Windows implentation
>> allows
>> >it to be called multiple times,
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Andreas Pflug wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >Agreed. My pthread book says pthread_mutex_init() should be called only
> >once, and we have to guarantee that. If the Windows implentation allows
> >it to be called multiple times, just create a fun
