Module rlocks

This module contains Nim's support for reentrant locks.

Types

RLock = SysLock

Nim lock, re-entrant

Procs

proc initRLock(lock: var RLock) {.inline, raises: [], tags: [].}

Initializes the given lock.

proc deinitRLock(lock: var RLock) {.inline, raises: [], tags: [].}

Frees the resources associated with the lock.

proc tryAcquire(lock: var RLock): bool {.raises: [], tags: [].}

Tries to acquire the given lock. Returns true on success.

proc acquire(lock: var RLock) {.raises: [], tags: [].}

Acquires the given lock.

proc release(lock: var RLock) {.raises: [], tags: [].}

Releases the given lock.

Templates

template withRLock(lock: var RLock; code: untyped): untyped

Acquires the given lock and then executes the code.