Why Rust mutexes look like they do
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- Mar 31, 2022
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One of the common complaints I hear from systems programmers who try Rust is about mutexes, and specifically about the Rust Mutex API. The complaints usually go something like this:
They don’t want the mutex to contain data, just a lock.
They don’t want to have to manage a “guard” value that unlocks...
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One of the common complaints I hear from systems programmers who try Rust is about mutexes, and specifically about the Rust Mutex API. The complaints usually go something like this:
They don’t want the mutex to contain data, just a lock.
They don’t want to have to manage a “guard” value that unlocks the mutex on drop – often, more specifically, they just want to call an unlock operation because they feel like that’s more explicit.