cpython/Lib/mutex.py
Guido van Rossum 54f22ed30b More trivial comment -> docstring transformations by Ka-Ping Yee,
who writes:

Here is batch 2, as a big collection of CVS context diffs.
Along with moving comments into docstrings, i've added a
couple of missing docstrings and attempted to make sure more
module docstrings begin with a one-line summary.

I did not add docstrings to the methods in profile.py for
fear of upsetting any careful optimizations there, though
i did move class documentation into class docstrings.

The convention i'm using is to leave credits/version/copyright
type of stuff in # comments, and move the rest of the descriptive
stuff about module usage into module docstrings.  Hope this is
okay.
2000-02-04 15:10:34 +00:00

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"""Mutual exclusion -- for use with module sched
A mutex has two pieces of state -- a 'locked' bit and a queue.
When the mutex is not locked, the queue is empty.
Otherwise, the queue contains 0 or more (function, argument) pairs
representing functions (or methods) waiting to acquire the lock.
When the mutex is unlocked while the queue is not empty,
the first queue entry is removed and its function(argument) pair called,
implying it now has the lock.
Of course, no multi-threading is implied -- hence the funny interface
for lock, where a function is called once the lock is aquired.
"""
class mutex:
def __init__(self):
"""Create a new mutex -- initially unlocked."""
self.locked = 0
self.queue = []
def test(self):
"""Test the locked bit of the mutex."""
return self.locked
def testandset(self):
"""Atomic test-and-set -- grab the lock if it is not set,
return true if it succeeded."""
if not self.locked:
self.locked = 1
return 1
else:
return 0
def lock(self, function, argument):
"""Lock a mutex, call the function with supplied argument
when it is acquired. If the mutex is already locked, place
function and argument in the queue."""
if self.testandset():
function(argument)
else:
self.queue.append((function, argument))
def unlock(self):
"""Unlock a mutex. If the queue is not empty, call the next
function with its argument."""
if self.queue:
function, argument = self.queue[0]
del self.queue[0]
function(argument)
else:
self.locked = 0