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diff --git a/doc/threads.doc b/doc/threads.doc index 79f29dbaa..dd51296f8 100644 --- a/doc/threads.doc +++ b/doc/threads.doc @@ -78,21 +78,21 @@ entry in \c{ntqconfig.h}. These classes are built into the TQt library when thread support is enabled: \list -\i QThread - Provides the means to start a new thread, which begins -execution in your reimplementation of QThread::run(). This is similar +\i TQThread - Provides the means to start a new thread, which begins +execution in your reimplementation of TQThread::run(). This is similar to the Java thread class. -\i QThreadStorage - Provides per-thread data storage. This class can -only be used with threads started with QThread; it cannot be used with +\i TQThreadStorage - Provides per-thread data storage. This class can +only be used with threads started with TQThread; it cannot be used with threads started with platform-specific APIs. -\i QMutex - Provides a mutual exclusion lock (also know as a mutex). -\i QMutexLocker - A convenience class which automatically locks and -unlocks a QMutex. QMutexLocker is useful in complicated code, or in +\i TQMutex - Provides a mutual exclusion lock (also know as a mutex). +\i TQMutexLocker - A convenience class which automatically locks and +unlocks a TQMutex. TQMutexLocker is useful in complicated code, or in code which uses exceptions. See the documentation for more details. -\i QWaitCondition - Provides a way for threads to go to sleep until +\i TQWaitCondition - Provides a way for threads to go to sleep until woken up by another thread. -\i QSemaphore - Provides a simple integer semaphore. +\i TQSemaphore - Provides a simple integer semaphore. \endlist \section1 Important Definitions @@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ a time can call member functions on each instance of \c Number. However, multiple threads can call member functions on separate instances of \c Number. -Thread-safe functions usually use a mutex (e.g a QMutex) to serialize +Thread-safe functions usually use a mutex (e.g a TQMutex) to serialize access to shared data. Because of this, thread-safe functions are usually slower than reentrant functions, because of the extra overhead of locking and unlocking the mutex. For example, given the class \c @@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ mutex must be used: ... private: - static QMutex mutex; + static TQMutex mutex; static int instances; }; \endcode @@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ all pending events have been delivered to the object. \i Don't do any blocking operations while holding the TQt library mutex. This will freeze up the event loop. -\i Make sure you unlock a recursive QMutex as many times as you lock +\i Make sure you unlock a recursive TQMutex as many times as you lock it, no more and no less. \i Don't mix the normal TQt library and the threaded TQt library in your |