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Creates a `Mutex` that is not held by anyone&period;

== Synopsis

Declared in `&lt;absl&sol;synchronization&sol;mutex&period;h&gt;`

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Mutex();
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== Description

This constructor is typically used for Mutexes allocated on the heap or the stack&period; To create `Mutex` instances with static storage duration (e&period;g&period; a namespace&hyphen;scoped or global variable), see `Mutex&colon;&colon;Mutex(absl&colon;&colon;kConstInit)` below instead&period;


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