Semaphores in unmanaged code

Question

I used the semaphore class to create semaphores. However, the examples use managed code (/ clr required), and I need to use unmanaged code because it seems that FreeType does not like working with managed code.

How to create two simple threads that use semaphore in unmanaged code?

Answer 1

Use native Windows semaphore objects .

Answer 2

You can try using Boost.interprocess. It provides semaphores. See here .

Answer 3

CreateSemaphore, kernel32. . OpenSemaphore, . , Wait Functions, , . , ReleaseSemaphore, .