Sem和条件变量的区别

Counting semaphores are often used to keep track of changes in the state of objects shared by multiple threads in a process. For instance, they can record the occurrence of a particular event. Unlike condition variables, semaphores maintain state. Therefore, they allow threads to make decisions based upon this state, even if the event has occurred in the past.

红色字有两层含义：

1、条件变量和signal_wait配合使用的时候，signal是需要同步的（发信号的时候必须确保有人正在等信号）

2、信号量不需要同步，相当于过去的状态可以保存。

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Strategies for Implementing POSIX Condition Variables on Win32

http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/win32-cv-1.html