Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-apr-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 24516 invoked from network); 18 May 2005 17:29:44 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (209.237.227.199) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 18 May 2005 17:29:44 -0000 Received: (qmail 30389 invoked by uid 500); 18 May 2005 16:44:59 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-apr-dev-archive@apr.apache.org Received: (qmail 30344 invoked by uid 500); 18 May 2005 16:44:59 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@apr.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Id: Delivered-To: mailing list dev@apr.apache.org Received: (qmail 30331 invoked by uid 99); 18 May 2005 16:44:59 -0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.4 required=10.0 tests=DNS_FROM_RFC_ABUSE,RCVD_BY_IP,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (hermes.apache.org: domain of trawick@gmail.com designates 64.233.162.207 as permitted sender) Received: from zproxy.gmail.com (HELO zproxy.gmail.com) (64.233.162.207) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.28) with ESMTP; Wed, 18 May 2005 09:44:56 -0700 Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 34so249908nzf for ; Wed, 18 May 2005 09:44:45 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=KkHrYvlwlz7c7APDra6kxbq5JkpBw/vGXhd3DH/c1fQXaQxuBs6FdBQkskSiPHvDP0eEa4pMmN4sHvYYXHPDQEOIDG3MgNowx9rnLrguf6uE6YjLoNYL9bBpgmlesvmW9oMgo/0P3Z5JLS5utt5IM/udxBmorF4uCNVsC9sEHA4= Received: by 10.36.65.2 with SMTP id n2mr199861nza; Wed, 18 May 2005 09:44:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.36.71.4 with HTTP; Wed, 18 May 2005 09:44:45 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 12:44:45 -0400 From: Jeff Trawick Reply-To: Jeff Trawick To: dev@apr.apache.org Subject: Re: counting semaphores In-Reply-To: <000201c55bc0$b5617a40$5b006380@ismeserver> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <428B226E.3000204@laposte.net> <000201c55bc0$b5617a40$5b006380@ismeserver> X-Virus-Checked: Checked X-Spam-Rating: minotaur.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N On 5/18/05, Dan Johnson wrote: > I also don't understand why semaphores are missing from APR, especially > since mutexes seem to have been implemented on top of them in many > cases. This must have been a deliberate choice, but why? I would assume that nobody who needed them proposed a patch ;)