Thread: C++17, VS 2019: scoped_lock mutex bug or error on my part?

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    C++17, VS 2019: scoped_lock mutex bug or error on my part?

    I've been trying to use scoped_lock in VS2019 when trying to make a thread safe database class that uses an underlying queue, also thread-safe, to execute operations fed into it. It's a basic class compared to what I've seen out there, but I can't overcome this one error to see if it's reliable or not:

    Code:
    Severity	Code	Description	Project	File	Line	Suppression State
    Error	C2662	'void std::_Mutex_base::unlock(void)': cannot convert 'this' pointer from '_Mutex' to 'std::_Mutex_base &'	cmmnet	C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.29.30037\include\mutex	488
    The output log is even more confusing:
    Code:
    1>tssqlite.cpp
    1>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.29.30037\include\mutex(488,1): error C2662: 'void std::_Mutex_base::unlock(void)': cannot convert 'this' pointer from '_Mutex' to 'std::_Mutex_base &'
    1>        with
    1>        [
    1>            _Mutex=const std::mutex
    1>        ]
    1>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.29.30037\include\mutex(488,9): message : Conversion loses qualifiers
    1>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.29.30037\include\mutex(66,10): message : see declaration of 'std::_Mutex_base::unlock'
    1>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.29.30037\include\mutex(487): message : while compiling class template member function 'std::scoped_lock<const std::mutex>::~scoped_lock(void) noexcept'
    1>C:\Users\admin\Documents\GitHub\network-interface\src\tssqlite.cpp(45): message : see reference to function template instantiation 'std::scoped_lock<const std::mutex>::~scoped_lock(void) noexcept' being compiled
    1>C:\Users\admin\Documents\GitHub\network-interface\src\tssqlite.cpp(45): message : see reference to class template instantiation 'std::scoped_lock<const std::mutex>' being compiled
    1>tsmysql.cpp
    The class contains a std::mutex which I only use like this. It works in the thread safe wrapper class for my queue, but not here?
    Code:
    int TSSQLite::GetLastResult() const
    {
    	std::scoped_lock lock(m_mutex);
    	return m_current.result;
    }
    Whereas MSVC has no issue with this:
    Code:
    template <class T>
    const T& TSQueue<T>::Front()
    {
    	std::scoped_lock lock(m_mutex);
    	return m_queue.front();
    }

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    "Conversion loses qualifiers" suggests that the "const" is causing the difference.
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    Thanks, I'll check to see if I did a const goof-up

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    Perhaps your class mutex needs to be mutable.
    cv (const and volatile) type qualifiers - cppreference.com
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