Boost Mutex locking

[Razor92]

Could some one please give me an example of how to explitly lock and unlock mutexs using the boost libarys because i cant seem to make it work.

Thanks

[Codeplug]

What did you try and what was the error?

gg

[zerver]

It depends on your Boost version, but you could try something like this.
If you are using older Boost versions that don't have the lock/unlock functions there are some hacks that may help.

boost::mutex mymutex;

void myprotectecfunction() {
  boost::mutex::scoped_lock mylock(mymutex, boost::defer_lock); // defer_lock makes it initially unlocked
  mylock.lock();
  mylock.unlock();
}