NAME

       Threads::lock - Lock a mutex.

SYNOPSIS

       Void lock( Mutex m )

ARGUMENTS

       m A mutex

DESCRIPTION

       Lock  a  mutex. All other threads which attempt to lock this mutex will have to wait until
       it is unlocked. This prevents simultaneous access to shared resources.

AUTHORS

       Kaya standard library by Edwin Brady, Chris Morris  and  others  (kaya@kayalang.org).  For
       further information see http://kayalang.org/

LICENSE

       The Kaya standard library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
       the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (version 2.1 or any later  version)  as
       published by the Free Software Foundation.

RELATED

       Threads.mutex (3kaya)
       Threads.unlock (3kaya)