Mutex

Mutual exclusion class used to control Lua coroutine execution order.

Constructor

Mutex()

Methods

lock(prepend)

Parameter	Type	Optional
prepend	boolean	✔

If the mutex is not active (if a coroutine is not queued), this will activate the mutex; otherwise, this will yield and queue the current coroutine.

This method only operates on data in memory.

Returns: nil

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unlock()

If the mutex is active (if a coroutine is queued), this will dequeue and resume the next available coroutine; otherwise, this will deactivate the mutex.

This method only operates on data in memory.

Returns: nil

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unlockAfter(delay)

Parameter	Type
delay	number

Asynchronously unlocks the mutex after a specified time in milliseconds. The relevant uv_timer object is returned.

This method only operates on data in memory.

Returns: uv_timer

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