Subj : Re: Acessing global object's method
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Arrive
Date : Sat Feb 19 2005 11:20 pm

Yes, it was POSIX pthread. Thanks for your answer.

DW

David Schwartz wrote:
> "Da Wang" <DaWangEE@THEgoogleMAIL.com> wrote in message 
> news:IC6qJG.JML@campus-news-reading.utoronto.ca...
> 
>>Is it necessary to add mutex when I access a global object's method? I 
>>only read some information from it but the method requires some 
>>computation inside the object.
> 
> 
>     Are we talking POSIX pthreads? If so, the answer is that mutexes don't 
> lock functions, but they lock data. If the method requires reading data that 
> might be written in another thread, then yes.
> 
>     DS
> 
> 


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