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% LaTeXed from comments in file
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\section{\module{mutex} ---
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Mutual exclusion support}
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\sectionauthor{Moshe Zadka}{moshez@zadka.site.co.il}
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\modulesynopsis{Lock and queue for mutual exclusion.}
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The \module{mutex} defines a class that allows mutual-exclusion
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The \module{mutex} module defines a class that allows mutual-exclusion
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via acquiring and releasing locks. It does not require (or imply)
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threading or multi-tasking, though it could be useful for
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those purposes.
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A mutex has two pieces of state --- a ``locked'' bit and a queue.
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When the mutex is not locked, the queue is empty.
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Otherwise, the queue contains 0 or more
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Otherwise, the queue contains zero or more
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\code{(\var{function}, \var{argument})} pairs
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representing functions (or methods) waiting to acquire the lock.
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When the mutex is unlocked while the queue is not empty,
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implying it now has the lock.
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Of course, no multi-threading is implied -- hence the funny interface
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for lock, where a function is called once the lock is acquired.
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for \method{lock()}, where a function is called once the lock is
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acquired.
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\end{classdesc}
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