Condition Variables
Explore how condition variables work in C++ multithreading to synchronize threads through messaging. Understand their common use in producer-consumer scenarios and how to properly implement wait and notification methods while protecting against spurious and lost wakeups.
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Condition variables enable threads to be synchronized via messages. They need the header <condition_- variable>. One thread acts as a sender, and the other as a receiver of the message. The receiver waits for the notification of the sender. Typical use cases for condition variables are producer-consumer workflows.
A condition variable can be the sender but also the receiver of the message.
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