> Guarding against mulitple lock and unlocks being called by 
> the same thread is what ReentrantMutex is all about.  It 
> avoids the mulitple lock so only ever needs to do one unlock.
> OpenThreads::Mutex is designed not to be reentrant so this 
> type of usage is not safe, so it should be ok not worry about 
> trying to match th EntrerCriticalSection/LeaveCriticalSection.

In that case, the CRITICAL_SECTION version is trivial and should be
efficient and clean.

Any guidance on trylock()? From my previous email...

> > I'm also unsure of what the semantics and return code should be for
> > trylock():
> >  * Should this function take the lock if it can? What should the 
> > return code be in this case?
> >  * If the current thread can't take the lock, what should 
> the return 
> > code be?
> >  * Finally, if the current thread already owns the lock, 
> what should 
> > the return code be?

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