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Can you name the types of mutexes implemented in standard library tools?

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Answer from AI

The standard C++ libraries (for example, in <mutex>) implement the following types of mutexes:

  • std::mutex — a basic mutex that provides mutual exclusion.
  • std::recursive_mutex — a recursive mutex that can be locked multiple times by the same thread without causing a deadlock.
  • std::timed_mutex — a mutex with the ability to attempt locking with a timeout.
  • std::recursive_timed_mutex — a recursive mutex with timeout.

In C (POSIX), mutexes are represented through pthread_mutex_t with various attributes, including normal, recursive, and others.