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We could always go with the Windows API "Critical Section" name. Locked is probably as good a descriptor, and avoids anything associated with Windows. Sage James Mastros skribis 2006-05-31 12:03 (+0100): > > I don't like the name synchronized -- it implies that multiple things > are > > happening at the same time, as in synchronized swiming, which is exactly > the > > opposite of what should be implied. "Serialized" would be a nice name, > > except it implies serializing to a serial format, like disk. "Locked" > is > > the best name I can think of, and it frankly isn't that good -- it's so > > vauge as to be able to mean almost anything. > >Thread Previous