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NAME
       Semaphore.Counting - no description

Module
       Module   Semaphore.Counting

Documentation
       Module Counting
        : sig end

       type t

       The type of counting semaphores.

       val make : int -> t

       make  n  returns  a new counting semaphore, with initial value n .  The
       initial value n must be nonnegative.

       Raises Invalid_argument if n < 0

       val release : t -> unit

       release s increments the value of semaphore s .  If other  threads  are
       waiting  on s , one of them is restarted.  If the current value of s is
       equal to max_int , the value  of  the  semaphore  is  unchanged  and  a
       Sys_error exception is raised to signal overflow.

       Raises Sys_error if the value of the semaphore would overflow max_int

       val acquire : t -> unit

       acquire  s  blocks the calling thread until the value of semaphore s is
       not zero, then atomically decrements the value of s and returns.

       val try_acquire : t -> bool

       try_acquire s immediately returns false if the value of semaphore s  is
       zero.   Otherwise, the value of s is atomically decremented and try_ac-
       quire s returns true .

       val get_value : t -> int

       get_value s returns the current value of semaphore  s  .   The  current
       value  can be modified at any time by concurrent Semaphore.Counting.re-
       lease and Semaphore.Counting.acquire operations.  Hence, the  get_value
       operation  is racy, and its result should only be used for debugging or
       informational messages.

OCamldoc                          2023-02-12            Semaphore.Counting(3o)

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