Re: Concurrency

[Giuseppe Scrivano]

"Davis Herring" <address@hidden> writes:

>>> (mutex-lock MUTEX)
>>>   Acquire a mutex.  If already held by this thread, returns.
>>
>> I.e. it's a "recursive/reentrant mutex".
>
> Hmm -- is it fully recursive, where you must unlock it as many times as
> you locked it?  (I don't much care for the semi-recursive kind where one
> unlock is sufficient regardless of the number of lock operations...)

No, it is sufficient only one unlock to release it.

Cheers,
Giuseppe