Module
Condition
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sig end
Condition variables to synchronize between threads.
Condition variables are used when one thread wants to wait until another thread has finished doing something: the former thread 'waits' on the condition variable, the latter thread 'signals' the condition when it is done. Condition variables should always be protected by a mutex. The typical use is (if D is a shared data structure, m its mutex, and c is a condition variable): Mutex.lock m; while (* some predicate P over D is not satisfied *) do Condition.wait c m done; (* Modify D *) if (* the predicate P over D is now satisfied *) then Condition.signal c; Mutex.unlock m
type t
The type of condition variables.
val create : unit -> t
Return a new condition variable.
val wait : t -> Mutex.t -> unit
wait c m atomically unlocks the mutex m and suspends the calling process on the condition variable c . The process will restart after the condition variable c has been signalled. The mutex m is locked again before wait returns.
val signal : t -> unit
signal c restarts one of the processes waiting on the condition variable c .
val broadcast : t -> unit
broadcast c restarts all processes waiting on the condition variable c .