Re: DosMuxSemWait() for system semaphores only??

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From: Alan Ballard
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 1990 06:24

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In article <1344@bridge2.ESD.3Com.COM> gpz@bridge2.ESD.3Com.COM (G. Paul Ziemba) writes:
>... This seems to indicate that DosMuxSemWait() deals only with system
>semaphores and not with RAM semaphores.

I've certainly used this with no problem with RAM semaphores, having learned
it from earlier sources that didn't contain this description.  Whether it will
continue to work in later releases is something only MS or IBM can comment on.
I suspect the documentation is in error.
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