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diff --git a/ace/Future.cpp b/ace/Future.cpp
index 8e64cf09733..e16b319014e 100644
--- a/ace/Future.cpp
+++ b/ace/Future.cpp
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ ACE_Future_Rep<T>::operator T ()
// If the value is already produced, return it.
if (this->value_ == 0)
{
- // constructor of ace_mon acquires the mutex
+ // Constructor of ace_mon acquires the mutex.
ACE_MT (ACE_GUARD_RETURN (ACE_Thread_Mutex, ace_mon, this->value_ready_mutex_, 0));
// If the value is not yet defined we must block until the
@@ -113,7 +113,10 @@ ACE_Future_Rep<T>::operator T ()
{
// wait forever
if (this->value_ready_.wait () == -1)
- return 0;
+ // What to do in this case since we've got to indicate
+ // failure somehow? Exceptions would be nice, but they're
+ // not portable...
+ return 0;
}
// Destructor releases the mutex