Re: perlthread.pod, take two

Hello,

In article <3.0.6.32.19991029132524.00c1c830@tuatha.sidhe.org>, you wrote:

>for example,
>
>    {
>        lock $foo;
>	cond_wait $foo unless $foo;
>    }

Shouldn't this, in general be

    {
        lock $foo;
	cond_wait $foo until $foo;
    }

?

We can assume that $foo is true when it is signalled, but that
does not necessarily mean it is still true when the receiving
thread reacquires the lock.

-- HansM

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