On Wed, Oct 09, 2002, David Brownell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> > Also, it's not strictly necessary to release mutexes you've
> > grabbed if they're being freed, but it's good style to do so.
> 
> That's assuming you've arranged (out-of-band) that nobody else
> can be blocking on that lock (I was actually thinking 'spinlock')
> as should be the case in correct disconnect/destroy logic.
> Sorry to have omitted that important requirement!

If no one can block on it, doesn't that defeat the purpose of it?

JE



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