Hide Your Locks, Hide Your Threads

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Threading models can be hard or even impossible to get right. But there are things you can do to reduce the probability of problems. As with API design issues in general, what works is to avoid exposing details of your threading and locking model that may be problematic or subject to change. In this article I cover what you can do to make your concurrency model more robust and future-proof.