Defect Report #414

Submitter: Tom Plum
Submission Date: 2012-03-20
Source: WG14
Reference Document: N1614
Version: 1.1
Date: April 2013
Subject: Typos in 6.27 Threads <threads.h>

The enumeration constants are

mtx_plain

which is passed to mtx_init to create a mutex object that supports neither timeout nor test and return;

The mtx_init function creates a mutex object with properties indicated by type,
which must have one of the six values:
mtx_plain for a simple non-recursive mutex,
mtx_timed for a non-recursive mutex that supports timeout,
mtx_plain | mtx_recursive for a simple recursive mutex, or
mtx_timed | mtx_recursive for a recursive mutex that supports timeout.

Suggested Technical Corrigendum

The enumeration constants are

mtx_plain

which is passed to mtx_init to create a mutex object that does not support timeout;

The mtx_init function creates a mutex object with properties indicated by type,
which must have one of the these values:

Committee Discussion

Adopt the Suggested Technical Corregendum as proposed.

Proposed Technical Corrigendum

The enumeration constants are

mtx_plain

which is passed to mtx_init to create a mutex object that does not support timeout;

The mtx_init function creates a mutex object with properties indicated by type,
which must have one of the these values:

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