> FWIW, I don't support adding this functionality.  I don't see precedents for
> Condition Variables behaving this way in other languages.  Also, I don't
> think it is worth the added complexity, learning curve, and maintenance
> burden.  Condition variables are used as primitive for other mutexes and I
> think we ought to keep them somewhat simple.
>
> If someone wants to notify a specific waiter, then they have other options
> such as using a separate condition variable that shares the same underlying
> lock (much as the code in the queue module does).  That approach is easy to
> reason about.

That's exactly what the point I was trying to make, but Raymond sums
it really nicely :-)