Re-entrant read/write locking construct?

Question

I\'m an experienced .NET programmer and stretching my legs with iOS. One of my favorite multi-threading constructs in .NET is the ReaderWriterLock. It allows for multiple

Answer 1

From the iOS Threading Programming Guide:

The system supports read-write locks using POSIX threads only. For more information on how to use these locks, see the pthread man page.

So I guess if pthreads don't support re-entrancy, the answer is no.