[SDL] Incoherent mutex behavior in Windows/Linux

[David Olofson]

On Thu, 13/06/2002 16:05:27 , Ryan C. Gordon <icculus at clutteredmind.org> wrote:
>
>> >Not that you aren't correct, but as a rule of thumb if you are unlocking
>> >a mutex more than you are locking it, you may be in trouble in your threaded
>> >code design.
>>
>> Yes. Unlock only what you lock, and you should be fine.
>>
>> Either way, maybe it would be a good idea to point out in the docs
>> that unlocking an unlocked mutex is an error, and that the behavior is
>> undefined? (That way, no one can claim it's a bug... ;-)
>
>Well, what should it be? Error or success to unlock an unlocked mutex?

If it's undefined, it's... well, undefined! :-)

That said, it might make debugging easier if behavior is as concistent as possible accross platforms. (Not everyone can test on all platforms regularly.)


//David


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