# Synchronization primitives to build concurrent-safe and parallel-safe data # structures, so we can embrace concurrency and parallelism with more serenity. # # Communication through a `Channel` should be preferred whenever possible, but # sometimes we need to protect critical sections manually, for example to build # higher level constructs, or to protect a mutable global constant: # # - `Sync::Mutex` to protect critical sections using mutual exclusion. # - `Sync::RWLock` to protect critical sections using shared access and mutual # exclusion. # - `Sync::ConditionVariable` to synchronize critical sections together. # - `Sync::Exclusive(T)` to protect a value `T` using mutual exclusion. # - `Sync::Shared(T)` to protect a value `T` using a mix of shared access and # mutual exclusion. module Sync end