race condition

[Beco <rcb@beco.cc>]

Dear mentors,

After implementing the score (using SGID), I have a race condition in my game.

The comparisson is between the just scored point with the last point
in the top-10.

readscore_file2memory();
If(pt>top[9])
{
  printf("Congrats... and stuff\n");
  reorderscore_memory();
  savescore_memory2file();
}

What would be the standard way to lock the scorefile?

No need for too much details. Just to point the general most accepted solution.

Thanks!

Beco.



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