Multi-object locks (was Re: RFC 35 / Re: perl6-internals-gc sublist)

[Chaim Frenkel]

>>>>> "JT" == John Tobey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

JT> SVs are never downgraded, so no one's source and destination are
JT> another's respective destination and source.  Maybe the above sequence
JT> isn't exactly right, but if we adhere to strict rules for lock
JT> sequencing, there won't be a deadlock, right?

Which brings to mind, (probably more appropriate to -language)

the user needs a mechanism to handle multi-object locking, or a clean
method to order his lock aquisition.

<chaim>
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