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# pthread_extra

Library implementing extra features on top of POSIX threads.
Currently will probably only work on Linux. Mostly experimental code.

### Components

  * pthread_pause - implements suspend/resume functionality for pthreads (no know issues, recently fixed some deadlocks, but not really tested)
  * pthread_sleep - sleep functions which work correctly even when being interrupted by signals and/or being paused by pthread pause
  * pthread_msgqueue - implements message queues, more features than POSIX mqueue (no known issues, but not really tested)
  * pthread_user_data - allows user to store and retreive custom data using thread handle as a key (suboptimal, used internaly, not tested)
  * pthread_multi - lock multiple mutexes at once (might cause deadlocks in complex scenarios???)
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	1	# pthread_extra
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	3	Library implementing extra features on top of POSIX threads.
	4	Currently will probably only work on Linux. Mostly experimental code.
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	6	### Components
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	8	* pthread_pause - implements suspend/resume functionality for pthreads (no know issues, recently fixed some deadlocks, but not really tested)
	9	* pthread_sleep - sleep functions which work correctly even when being interrupted by signals and/or being paused by pthread pause
	10	* pthread_msgqueue - implements message queues, more features than POSIX mqueue (no known issues, but not really tested)
	11	* pthread_user_data - allows user to store and retreive custom data using thread handle as a key (suboptimal, used internaly, not tested)
	12	* pthread_multi - lock multiple mutexes at once (might cause deadlocks in complex scenarios???)