lib/async/condition.rb



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require 'fiber'
require 'forwardable'
require_relative 'node'

module Async
	# A synchronization primative, which allows fibers to wait until a particular condition is triggered.
	class Condition
		def initialize
			@waiting = []
		end
		
		# Queue up the current fiber and wait on yielding the task.
		# @return [Object]
		def wait
			@waiting << Fiber.current
			
			Task.yield
		end
		
		# Signal to a given task that it should resume operations.
		# @param value The value to return to the waiting fibers.
		# @see Task.yield which is responsible for handling value.
		# @return [void]
		def signal(value = nil)
			# TODO: Should we hot-swap @waiting - so that tasks can wait on this condition again?
			while task = @waiting.pop
				task.resume(value)
			end
			
			return nil
		end
	end
end