describe: Create descriptors to mutexes and attach

In synchronicity: Boost mutex functionality for R.

Description

The describe function returns information that is needed to “connect” to a mutex from another process. This connection is performed by the attach.mutex function.

Usage

describe(x)
attach.mutex(obj, ...)

Arguments

x	a boost.mutex object
obj	a boost.mutex.descriptor object
...	other options needed to attach to a mutex.

Value

The describe function returns a boost.mutex.descriptor object. the attach.mutex function returns a boost.mutex object described by obj.

Author(s)

Michael J. Kane <[e-mail]>

Examples

  m = boost.mutex()
  mm = attach.mutex(describe(m))
  # Now, both m and mm specify the same mutex.

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