Mutex: Note that STL is generally prefered
This class was designed prior to Android having usable C++11
support. With that support now in place, we prefer people to
start using the STL threading classes, unless the code needs
to build on Win32.
Change-Id: If1b4d9bdfcb1e65824909376f022842bab9653d6
diff --git a/include/utils/Mutex.h b/include/utils/Mutex.h
index f027c79..9b0b734 100644
--- a/include/utils/Mutex.h
+++ b/include/utils/Mutex.h
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@
class Condition;
/*
+ * NOTE: This class is for code that builds on Win32. Its usage is
+ * deprecated for code which doesn't build for Win32. New code which
+ * doesn't build for Win32 should use std::mutex and std::lock_guard instead.
+ *
* Simple mutex class. The implementation is system-dependent.
*
* The mutex must be unlocked by the thread that locked it. They are not