package async_kernel

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A Bvar is a synchronization point that allows one to broadcast a value to clients waiting on the broadcast. With a Bvar, one can efficiently notify multiple clients of edge-triggered conditions, repeating as each edge trigger occurs.

Bvar is like an Ivar/Deferred, except that it is always "empty" and can be repeatedly "filled" via broadcast. If nobody is waiting on a Bvar, then broadcasting to it is effectively a no-op, and the value that is broadcast is lost.

Another way to view Bvar is as a restriction of Condition that supports only broadcast, not signaling a single waiter. Dropping signal simplifies the implementation significantly.

An Mvar can mimick a unit Bvar.t through appropriate use of its API, but is also capable of wider range of synchronization functionality than a Bvar.

The 'permissions parameter is used for read/write permissions. See Perms for more information.

type ('a, -'permissions) t
val sexp_of_t : ('a -> Sexplib0.Sexp.t) -> ('permissions -> Sexplib0.Sexp.t) -> ('a, 'permissions) t -> Sexplib0.Sexp.t
include Core.Invariant.S2 with type ('a, 'permissions) t := ('a, 'permissions) t
val invariant : ('a -> unit) -> ('b -> unit) -> ('a, 'b) t -> unit
val create : unit -> ('a, Core.read_write) t
val wait : ('a, [> Core.read ]) t -> 'a Deferred.t

wait t becomes determined by the next call to broadcast t a.

val broadcast : ('a, [> Core.write ]) t -> 'a -> unit

broadcast t a causes all of the non-determined deferreds returned from wait t to become determined with a. If no such deferreds exist, this operation is a no-op.

val has_any_waiters : ('a, _) t -> bool

has_any_waiters t returns true iff there has been a call to wait t since the most recent call to broadcast t.