--- parser3/src/include/pa_threads.h	2001/01/29 11:53:42	1.2
+++ parser3/src/include/pa_threads.h	2002/02/08 08:30:14	1.23
@@ -1,44 +1,64 @@
-/*
-  $Id: pa_threads.h,v 1.2 2001/01/29 11:53:42 paf Exp $
+/** @file
+	Parser: mutex & helpers decls.
+
+	Copyright (c) 2001, 2002 ArtLebedev Group (http://www.artlebedev.com)
+	Author: Alexandr Petrosian <paf@design.ru> (http://paf.design.ru)
+
+	$Id: pa_threads.h,v 1.23 2002/02/08 08:30:14 paf Exp $
 */
 
 #ifndef PA_THREADS_H
 #define PA_THREADS_H
 
-#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
-#	include "pa_config.h"
-#endif
-
+#include "pa_config_includes.h"
 #include "pa_types.h"
 
+/// thread ID type
+typedef unsigned int pa_thread_t;
 
-#ifdef MULTITHREAD
+/// get caller thread ID
+pa_thread_t pa_get_thread_id();
 
+class AutoSYNCHRONIZED;
+
+/// simple semaphore object
 class Mutex {
+	friend class AutoSYNCHRONIZED;
+private:
 	uint handle;
 public:
 	Mutex();
 	~Mutex();
+private: // for AutoSYNCHRONIZED
 	void acquire();
 	void release();
 };
 
+extern const bool parser_multithreaded;
 extern Mutex global_mutex;
 
+/** 
+	Helper to ensure paired Mutex::acquire() and Mutex::release().
+
+	Use it with SYNCHRONIZED macro
+*/
 class AutoSYNCHRONIZED {
 public:
 	AutoSYNCHRONIZED() { global_mutex.acquire(); }
 	~AutoSYNCHRONIZED() { global_mutex.release(); }
-}
-
-#define SYNCHRONIZED AutoSYNCHRONIZED autoSYNCHRONIZED()
-
-
-#else // not MULTITHREAD-ed
-
-#define SYNCHRONIZED /* do nothing */
+};
 
-#endif
+/** 
+	put it to first line of a function to ensure thread safety.
+	@verbatim
+		void someclass::somefunc(...) { SYNCHRONIZED;
+			...
+		}
+	@endverbatim
 
+	WARNING: don't use THROW or PTHROW with such thread safety mechanizm -
+	longjmp would leave global_mutex acquired, which is wrong!
+*/
+#define SYNCHRONIZED AutoSYNCHRONIZED autoSYNCHRONIZED
 
 #endif