class Concurrent::MutexSemaphore

def reduce_permits(reduction)

Returns:

(nil) -

Raises:

(ArgumentError) - if `@free` - `@reduction` is less than zero
(ArgumentError) - if `reduction` is not an integer or is negative

Parameters:

reduction (Fixnum) -- Number of permits to remove.

def reduce_permits(reduction)
  Utility::NativeInteger.ensure_integer_and_bounds reduction
  Utility::NativeInteger.ensure_positive reduction
  synchronize { @free -= reduction }
  nil
end

Instance Methods