Re: 6.0 Witness squawk

From: Dag-Erling Smørgrav (des_at_des.no)
Date: 10/25/04

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    To: Sam <sah@softcardsystems.com>
    Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 17:52:03 +0200
    
    

    Sam <sah@softcardsystems.com> writes:
    > In general, is it ok to sleep with a mutex held?

    No, never.

    DES

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