lock.lua File Reference

Lock ... More...

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Functions
function lock	tryLock (timeout)
	Try to acquire the lock, blocking for max <timeout> microseconds. More...
function lock	__call (func,...)
	Wrap a function call in lock/unlock calls. More...

Detailed Description

Lock ...

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Definition in file lock.lua.

Function Documentation

function lock __call	(	func	,
			...
	)

Wrap a function call in lock/unlock calls.

Calling this is equivalent to the following pseudo-code:

lock:lock()
try {
  func(...)
} finally {
  lock:unlock()
}

Parameters

func	the function to call
...	arguments passed to the function

function lock tryLock

(

timeout

)

Try to acquire the lock, blocking for max <timeout> microseconds.

This function does not block if timeout is <= 0. This function may fail spuriously, i.e. return early or fail to acquire the lock.

Parameters

timeout

max time to wait in us

Returns

true if the lock was acquired, false otherwise