Poisoned mutex strategies

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.unwrap() on lock() errors in library crates? Yay or nay?

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parking_lot::Mutex doesn't have poisoned state. Why don't you use it instead?

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If you genuinely expect the program to continue after panics (e.g. because it's a multi-threaded server and uptime is crucial), and you have a strategy to actually recover (e.g. the lock guards a cache, and you can rebuild the cache), then you could try handling the error. Otherwise, unwrap() is fine.

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