Implement a type-based mutex for tasks

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Implement a type-based mutex for tasks

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This question evaluates understanding of concurrency and synchronization primitives, testing the ability to design a thread-safe type-based mutex that permits concurrent execution of tasks with the same type while preventing concurrent execution across different types.

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Implement a type-based mutex for tasks