https://github.com/basvandijk/concurrent-extra

Extra concurrency primitives
https://github.com/basvandijk/concurrent-extra

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Extra concurrency primitives

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/basvandijk/concurrent-extra
• Owner: basvandijk
• License: other
• Created: 2011-04-17T14:25:16.000Z (over 13 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2018-11-25T17:57:15.000Z (almost 6 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-19T20:36:56.850Z (18 days ago)
• Topics: concurrency, haskell
• Language: Haskell
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• Size: 165 KB
• Stars: 17
• Watchers: 6
• Forks: 5
• Open Issues: 11
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.markdown
  • License: LICENSE

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The `concurrent-extra` package offers among other things the following

selection of synchronisation primitives:

* `Broadcast`: Wake multiple threads by broadcasting a value.

* `Event`: Wake multiple threads by signalling an event.

* `Lock`: Enforce exclusive access to a resource. Also known as a

  binary semaphore or mutex. The package additionally provides an

  alternative that works in the `STM` monad.

* `RLock`: A lock which can be acquired multiple times by the same

  thread. Also known as a reentrant mutex.

* `ReadWriteLock`: Multiple-reader, single-writer locks. Used to

  protect shared resources which may be concurrently read, but only

  sequentially written.

* `ReadWriteVar`: Concurrent read, sequential write variables.

Please consult the API documentation of the individual modules for

more detailed information.

This package was inspired by the concurrency libraries of

[Java](http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/guides/concurrency/index.html)

and [Python](http://docs.python.org/py3k/library/threading.html).