From: Vladimir Dozen <Vladimir.Dozen@...>
Date: 2002-03-13T18:30:36+09:00
Subject: Re: Some potential RCRs

ehlo.

>>The built-in Mutex object should be nestable.

>>Acquiring a mutex in nested contexts in the same thread should not
>>cause deadlock. It doesn't seem appropriate for a language at Ruby's
>>level to have a non-nestable Mutex, and it is a pothole for program
>>errors.


> As an alternative, I would suggest a wrapper around the current Mutex
> object.  There's a name for this kind of mutex, but I can't remember
> what it is.


   No, it would be WrongWay. Non-recursive mutex is fairly unusable.

dozen