Function

Summary

Makes a semaphore.

Package

mp

Signature

make-semaphore &key name count => sem

Arguments

name

An object.

count

A non-negative fixnum.

Values

sem

A semaphore.

Description

The function make-semaphore returns a new semaphore for use with semaphore-acquire and semaphore-release. The unit count is initialized to count, which defaults to 1. If name is supplied, the semaphore will have that name. If name is not supplied, the semaphore will be given a unique anonymous name.

See also

semaphore
semaphore-acquire
semaphore-count
semaphore-name
semaphore-release
semaphore-wait-count
Counting semaphores