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15.4.1 Features of lock APIs for SMP

Locks can be marked as recursive or not recursive, and they can be made sharing or exclusive. There are APIs for querying whether a lock can be, or actually is, locked recursively.

There are some guarantees about the lock and unlock functions.

15.4.1.1 Recursive and sharing locks

15.4.1.2 Querying locks


LispWorks User Guide and Reference Manual - 21 Dec 2011

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