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# std::unique_lock::release

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mutex_type* release(); |  | (since C++11)

Breaks the association of the associated mutex, if any, and *this.

No locks are unlocked. If the *this held ownership of the associated mutex prior to the call, the caller is now responsible to unlock the mutex.

### [edit] Parameters

(none)

### [edit] Return value

Pointer to the associated mutex or NULL if there was no associated mutex.

### [edit] Exceptions

`noexcept` specification:
noexcept

### [edit] Example

| This section is incomplete Reason: no example

### [edit] See also

unlock | unlocks the associated mutex (public member function) [edit]

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