std::unique_lock::release

From cppreference.com
 
C++
 
Thread support library
Threads
thread (C++11)
this_thread namespace
get_id (C++11)
yield (C++11)
sleep_for (C++11)
sleep_until (C++11)
Mutual exclusion
mutex (C++11)
timed_mutex (C++11)
Generic lock management
lock_guard (C++11)
unique_lock (C++11)
defer_lock_t
try_to_lock_t
adopt_lock_t		 (C++11)
(C++11)
(C++11)
lock (C++11)
try_lock (C++11)
defer_lock
try_to_lock
adopt_lock		 (C++11)
(C++11)
(C++11)
Condition variables
condition_variable (C++11)
condition_variable_any (C++11)
notify_all_at_thread_exit (C++11)
cv_status (C++11)
Futures
promise (C++11)
future (C++11)
shared_future (C++11)
packaged_task (C++11)
async (C++11)
launch (C++11)
future_status (C++11)
future_error (C++11)
future_category (C++11)
future_errc (C++11)
 
std::unique_lock
 
mutex_type* release();
 (since C++11)

Breaks the association of the associated mutex, if any, and *this.

No locks are unlocked. If the *this held ownership of the associated mutex prior to the call, the caller is now responsible to unlock the mutex.

Contents

[edit] Parameters

(none)

[edit] Return value

Pointer to the associated mutex or NULL if there was no associated mutex.

[edit] Exceptions

noexcept specification:  
noexcept
  (since C++11)

[edit] Example

This section is incomplete
Reason: no example

[edit] See also

unlocks the associated mutex
(public member function)
Retrieved from "http://en.cppreference.com/mwiki/index.php?title=cpp/thread/unique_lock/release&oldid=43160"