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/ˈmjuːtɛks/ · noun
(programming) An object in a program that serves as a lock, used to negotiate mutual exclusion among threads..
The ability to set a maximum waiting time provides another reason why in some circumstances, you might prefer to use a mutex rather than a lock statement.
Or you can have a single pipe that is mutexed so each thread can only write to the pipe exclusively. Alternatively, you can have each thread put the finished fd in a globally mutexed list.
Use mutex when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Mutex means (programming) An object in a program that serves as a lock, used to negotiate mutual exclusion among threads..
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The ability to set a maximum waiting time provides another reason why in some circumstances, you might prefer to use a mutex rather than a lock statement.
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