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diff --git a/pod/perlthrtut.pod b/pod/perlthrtut.pod index 575ec27c52..27ad46e264 100644 --- a/pod/perlthrtut.pod +++ b/pod/perlthrtut.pod @@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ techniques such as queues, which remove some of the hard work involved. =head2 Controlling access: lock() The lock() function takes a shared variable and puts a lock on it. -No other thread may lock the variable until the the variable is unlocked +No other thread may lock the variable until the variable is unlocked by the thread holding the lock. Unlocking happens automatically when the locking thread exits the outermost block that contains C<lock()> function. Using lock() is straightforward: this example has |