Name
thread.mutex — create a new mutex
Synopsis
thread.mutex(type);
Description
Create a new mutex for coordinating access to critical sections. The optional parameter may be one of the following:
-
thread.MUTEX_NORMAL– this is the default value -
thread.MUTEX_RECURSIVE– define a recursive lock. Returns a mutex object that supports "lock", "unlock" and "trylock" methods. -
thread.MUTEX_ERRORCHECK– define an error-checking lock. Returns a mutex object that supports "lock", "unlock" and "trylock" methods.
This function returns a mutex object.
Example code follows:
counter_lock = thread.mutex()
counter = 0;
function counter_inc()
counter_lock:lock()
counter = counter + 1
counter_lock:unlock()
end
function counter_get()
local value
counter_lock:lock()
value = counter
counter_lock:unlock()
return value
end
-- Incrementing the counter will now have consistent results regardless of
-- which threads call this function
counter_inc()
print("value is", counter_get())
Enable this function with the statement require('thread');.
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