#pragma once

// based on code by Jeff Preshing

// this is a synchronization class that prefers
// undefined behaviour over deadlock. It's utterly broken
// and needs to be replaced in time.

class RecursiveBenaphore
{

public:
  RecursiveBenaphore();
  ~RecursiveBenaphore();

  // wait on the semaphore. after timeout this will check if the current owner
  // thread is still alive and steal the semaphore if it isn't. Otherwise this
  // will continue to wait.
  void wait(DWORD timeout = INFINITE);
  void signal();

private:
  LONG m_Counter;
  DWORD m_OwnerId;
  int m_Recursion;
  HANDLE m_Semaphore;
};