You absolutely can try to acquire locks in any order if you are just trying to find the first one that is available. Remember, the algorithm in my example is o

You absolutely can try to acquire locks in any order if you are just trying to find the first one that is available. Remember, the algorithm in my example is one where you hold locks one at a time. You can acquire locks in any order if you hold them one at a time. Also my example is intentionally not about wine or win32. I’m articulating why this interface is independently valuable.