Copyright	(c) The University of Glasgow 2001
License	BSD-style (see the file libraries/base/LICENSE)
Maintainer	libraries@haskell.org
Stability	stable
Portability	non-portable (concurrency)
Safe Haskell	Safe
Language	Haskell2010

Control.Concurrent.QSem

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Simple Quantity Semaphores

Description

Simple quantity semaphores.

Synopsis

data QSem
newQSem :: Int -> IO QSem
waitQSem :: QSem -> IO ()
signalQSem :: QSem -> IO ()

Simple Quantity Semaphores

data QSem Source #

QSem is a quantity semaphore in which the resource is acquired and released in units of one. It provides guaranteed FIFO ordering for satisfying blocked waitQSem calls.

The pattern

bracket_ waitQSem signalQSem (...)

is safe; it never loses a unit of the resource.

newQSem :: Int -> IO QSem Source #

Build a new QSem with a supplied initial quantity. The initial quantity must be at least 0.

waitQSem :: QSem -> IO () Source #

Wait for a unit to become available.

signalQSem :: QSem -> IO () Source #

Signal that a unit of the QSem is available.