From: Jeff Mitchell <quixoticsycophant@...>
Date: 2004-05-28T02:35:39+09:00
Subject: Re: Mutex re-entrancy


--- Paul Brannan <pbrannan@atdesk.com> wrote:
> Also take a look at sync.rb:

I once I went through the same ordeal as the original poster,
until someone told me to look at sync.rb.

It made me wonder why pickaxe devotes a whole page to Mutex
and then, in one short sentence at the end, mentions sync.rb
and monitor.rb.

It misleads users into thinking Mutex is more useful than it
is, and they eventually get caught (like the original poster
and myself).

Why is Mutex even mentioned at all?  Ruby comes with a
Ferrari and a Yugo -- and we're telling them to use the Yugo.


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