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From: Alexander Viro <viro@math.psu.edu>
To: Martin Wirth <Martin.Wirth@dlr.de>
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Subject: Re: [RFC] New locking primitive for 2.5
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On Fri, 8 Feb 2002, Martin Wirth wrote:

> But this approach needs a lot a proper documentation and discipline.

... and this attitude is my main beef with B^WLSE crowd.

Folks, if you have nothing else to do - *don't* mess with locking just
for the heck of it.  And yes, you are supposed to understand WTF you
are doing.

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