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Synchronizing variable.
A synchronizing variable is essentially equivalent to a 'a option Loc.t
with blocking semantics on both take
and put
.
NOTE: The current implementation is not guaranteed to be fair or scalable. In other words, when multiple producers block on put
or multiple consumers block on take
the operations are not queued and it is possible for a particular producer or consumer to starve.
val create : 'a option -> 'a t
create x_opt
returns a new synchronizing variable that will either be empty when x_opt
is None
or full when x_opt
is Some x
.
module Xt : sig ... end
Explicit transaction passing on synchronizing variables.
val is_empty : 'a t -> bool
is_empty mv
determines whether the synchronizing variable mv
contains a value or not.
val put : 'a t -> 'a -> unit
put mv x
fills the synchronizing variable mv
with the value v
or blocks until the variable becomes empty.
val try_put : 'a t -> 'a -> bool
try_put mv x
tries to fill the synchronizing variable mv
with the value v
and returns true
on success or false
in case the variable is full.
val take : 'a t -> 'a
take mv
removes and returns the current value of the synchronizing variable mv
or blocks waiting until the variable is filled.
val take_opt : 'a t -> 'a option
take_opt mv
removes and returns the current value of the synchronizing variable mv
or returns None
in case the variable is empty.
val peek : 'a t -> 'a
peek mv
returns the current value of the synchronizing variable mv
or blocks waiting until the variable is filled.
val peek_opt : 'a t -> 'a option
peek_opt mv
returns the current value of the synchronizing variable mv
or returns None
in case the variable is empty.