c++ - Why is std::unique_lock not derived from std::lock_guard -
std::lock_guard , std::unique_lock interfaces similar, in common part (constructors , destructor).
why there no hierarchical relationship between them?
they have non substitutable semantics:
lock_guard guaranteed locked through of it's lifetime.
unique_lock doesn't guarantee doesn't follow "is a"-rule (unique_lock cannot lock_guard, offers fewer guarantees).
also implementing unique_lock based on lock_guard wouldn't trivial (maybe impossible) reason.
obviously same true other way round: although can implement lock_guard in terms of unique_lock (private inheritance), lock_guard doesn't provide same functionality (lock()/unlock()) unique_lock cannot publicly derived it.
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