what is mutex?

Answer Posted / rajesh verma

A Mutex is a mutually exclusive flag. It acts as a gate keeper to a section of code allowing one thread in and blocking access to all others. This ensures that the code being controled will only be hit by a single read at a time. Just be sure to release the mutex when you are

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