sync/rwlock

class RWLock < Object

A read/write lock.

TODO: I'm not yet sure how to implement this correctly, or how to test it.

Public Methods

initialize(readers = -1)

lock_read

lock_write

unlock_read

unlock_write

synchronize_read(*args)

synchronize_write(*args)

class ReadLock < Object

A wrapper around a read/write lock that has the same interface as a Mutex and performs only read locks

Example:

  rwlock = RWLock.new
  read_lock = ReadLock.new(rwlock)
  read_lock.synchronize do
    # ...
  end

Public Methods

initialize(obj)

lock

try_lock

unlock

synchronize(&block)

class WriteLock < Object

A wrapper around a read/write lock that has the same interface as a Mutex and performs only write locks

Public Methods

initialize(obj)

lock

try_lock

unlock

synchronize(&block)

Requires