X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/54946cc95b8493fb092b6a508bf22a1cd6fa4693..f0f120733975fabdc614d17ab19aa8b6d47d8226:/docs/latex/wx/semaphor.tex diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/semaphor.tex b/docs/latex/wx/semaphor.tex index 9691e18c0d..335a399597 100644 --- a/docs/latex/wx/semaphor.tex +++ b/docs/latex/wx/semaphor.tex @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ decrements the counter. As soon as it reaches $0$, any subsequent calls to counter becomes strictly positive again as the result of calling \helpref{Post}{wxsemaphorepost} which increments the counter. -In general, the semaphores are useful to restict access to a shared resource +In general, the semaphores are useful to restrict access to a shared resource which can only be accessed by some fixed number of clients at once. For example, when modeling a hotel reservation system a semaphore with the counter equal to the total number of available rooms could be created. Each time a room @@ -80,5 +80,5 @@ and then decrement it and return. \func{bool}{Wait}{\param{unsigned long }{timeout\_millis}} Same as the version above, but with a timeout limit: returns {\tt TRUE} if the -semaphore was acquired and {\tt FALSE} if the timeout has ellapsed +semaphore was acquired and {\tt FALSE} if the timeout has elapsed