Subj : Re: Semaphores and pthreads
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Loic Domaigne
Date : Sun Jan 09 2005 09:05 pm

Hi Paolo,

> Thank you.
> So are you telling me not to use semaphores, but pthread_cond_wait()?

Yes, a pair of mutex / condition variable is the way to go.
.... Mixing mutex and semaphore is really unusual...

[
and by the way. One motto of comp.programming.threads is "(Almost) never 
use sema".
]


Cheers,
Loic.

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