Matthew Perdue asks:

> Would it suit your purposes to have the conditional lock attempt
within
> either a 1) timed loop or 2) a max iteration loop or 3) a hybrid of
both?

I do this sort of thing now, but would like something better.  Suppose I
do a conditional lock attempt every 5 seconds and give up after 4 tries,
which is a typical scheme I use.

It's possible that other processes lock and unlock the TurboIMAGE
resource I want numerous times during that 15-second interval, but it
just happens to be locked every time I try to get it.  

With a timed, unconditional lock, I would stand a good chance of getting
the lock within the 15 seconds, without running the risk of being
blocked all day.

Walter  

Walter J. Murray

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