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From: rosenber@ra.abo.fi (Robin Rosenberg INF)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Amiga semaphores (HELP!)
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Date: 23 Sep 90 14:31:15 GMT
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In-reply-to: jimg@hp-ptp.HP.COM's message of 21 Sep 90 16:10:58 GMT


Clearly the documentation on AddSemaphore() is misleading. Set the
name and priority _after_ InitSemaphore(). You don't need to set the
type since InitSemahore() does that. So it becomes:

(Could this be added to introduction to comp.sys.amiga.tech since a lot of
people get bitten by AddSemaphore() )

void LocalAddSemaphore(struct SignalSemaphore *SignalSemaphore, char *name)
{
	InitSemaphore(SignalSemaphore);
        SignalSemaphore->ss_Link.ln_Name = name; 
        SignalSemaphore->ss_Link.ln_Pri = 1; 
	Forbid();
	Enqueue(&SysBase->SemaphoreList,SignalSemaphore);
	Permit();
}