using the boost::scoped_lock(Mutex &mx, bool initially_locked) constructor gives me errors

Isn't there a boost::scoped_lock constructor that takes a boolean as the second parameter? I thought I had used it before. boost::scoped_lock(Mutex &mx, bool initially_locked)

The documentation for scoped_lock shows the second parameters as "unspecified". Anyone know what in the @(*$ that is suppose to mean?!?

the errors I get are:

c:\program files\boost\boost_1_39\boost\thread\win32\basic_timed_mutex.hpp(118开发者_如何学运维) : error C2679: binary '+' : no operator found which takes a right-hand operand of type 'const bool' (or there is no acceptable conversion)
        c:\program files\boost\boost_1_39\boost\date_time\posix_time\date_duration_operators.hpp(31): could be 'boost::posix_time::ptime boost::posix_time::operator +(const boost::posix_time::ptime &,const boost::gregorian::months &)' [found using argument-dependent lookup]
        c:\program files\boost\boost_1_39\boost\date_time\date_duration_types.hpp(132): or       'boost::gregorian::date boost::date_time::months_duration<base_config>::operator +(const boost::gregorian::date &,const boost::date_time::months_duration<base_config> &)' [found using argument-dependent lookup]
        with
        [
            base_config=boost::gregorian::greg_durations_config
        ]
        c:\program files\boost\boost_1_39\boost\date_time\posix_time\date_duration_operators.hpp(75): or       'boost::posix_time::ptime boost::posix_time::operator +(const boost::posix_time::ptime &,const boost::gregorian::years &)' [found using argument-dependent lookup]
        c:\program files\boost\boost_1_39\boost\date_time\date_duration_types.hpp(244): or       'boost::gregorian::date boost::date_time::years_duration<base_config>::operator +(const boost::gregorian::date &,const boost::date_time::years_duration<base_config> &)' [found using argument-dependent lookup]
        with
        [
            base_config=boost::gregorian::greg_durations_config
        ]
        c:\program files\boost\boost_1_39\boost\date_time\time.hpp(139): or       'boost::posix_time::ptime boost::date_time::base_time<T,time_system>::operator +(const boost::gregorian::date_duration &) const'
        with
        [
            T=boost::posix_time::ptime,
            time_system=boost::posix_time::posix_time_system
        ]
        c:\program files\boost\boost_1_39\boost\date_time\time.hpp(159): or       'boost::posix_time::ptime boost::date_time::base_time<T,time_system>::operator +(const boost::posix_time::time_duration &) const'
        with
        [
            T=boost::posix_time::ptime,
            time_system=boost::posix_time::posix_time_system
        ]
        while trying to match the argument list '(boost::system_time, const bool)'
        c:\program files\boost\boost_1_39\boost\thread\locks.hpp(353) : see reference to function template instantiation 'bool boost::detail::basic_timed_mutex::timed_lock<TimeDuration>(const Duration &)' being compiled
        with
        [
            TimeDuration=bool,
            Duration=bool
        ]
        c:\program files\boost\boost_1_39\boost\thread\locks.hpp(241) : see reference to function template instantiation 'bool boost::unique_lock<Mutex>::timed_lock<TimeDuration>(const TimeDuration &)' being compiled
        with
        [
            Mutex=boost::mutex,
            TimeDuration=bool
        ]
        d:\imagehawk\projects\virtualpc_archiveservice\ifl\src\archiveservice\archive.cpp(599) : see reference to function template instantiation 'boost::unique_lock<Mutex>::unique_lock<bool>(Mutex &,const TimeDuration &)' being compiled
        with
        [
            Mutex=boost::mutex,
            TimeDuration=bool
        ]

Here's a bit of my source code if it helps:

void SpawnXMessageThread(bool bTakeLock=true) {
    boost::mutex::scoped_lock lock(m_mtx,bTakeLock);
    m_pxmessage= new XMessage();
    m_pThread = new boost::thread(boost::ref(*m_pxmessage));
}

The idea is that I'll lock the m_mtx based on the boolean. This way if I lock m_mtx before calling SpawnXMessageThread I can tell SpawnXMessageThread not to lock the mutex (because I've aready locked it).

btw, I'm kinda new to boost and threads.

According to the docs, you can't do it directly. But you can do something like this:

boost::unique_lock lck(m_mtx, boost::defer_lock);
if(bTakeLock) lck.lock();