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On 08 Aug 2001, Gillius <gillius@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> POSIX thread mutexes (pthreads), do not have to be recursive. Locking a
> mutex more than once in the same thread will cause undefined behavior. In
> Windows, mutexes are recursive. On some unicies, they are not. Watch out
> on platforms like solaris and other non-Linux unix platforms.
Oh, crap. I was thinking only about different threads. We could
always ask for "recursive" mutexes, but that might not be as portable.