CondSignal
Restarts a thread suspended by a call to `CondWait`
Syntax
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Declare Sub CondSignal ( ByVal handle As Any Ptr )
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Usage
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CondSignal ( handle )
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Parameters
`handle`
The handle of a conditional variable.
Description
Once the conditional is created with `CondCreate` and the threads are started, one of more of them (including the implicit main thread executing main program) can be set to `CondWait` for the conditional, they will be stopped until some other thread `CondSignal`s that the waiting thread can restart. `CondBroadcast` can be used to restart all threads waiting for the conditional. At the end of the program `CondDestroy` must be used to avoid leaking resources in the OS.
Condsignal restarts one thread waiting. It should be called after `mutex` is locked (using the same `mutex` as one used with `CondWait`). If no threads are waiting on the conditional, nothing happens (the signal is lost forever); if several are waiting, only one is restarted. The caller must then unlock `mutex` in order for `CondWait` subroutine to complete.
Example
See also `CondCreate` and `CondWait` and `CondBroadcast`
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' This very simple example code demonstrates the use of several condition variable routines.
' The main routine initializes a string and creates one thread.
' The main routine waits until receive the condition signal from the thread, then print the complemented string.
' The thread complements the string, then sends a condition signal.
'
'Principle of mutual exclusion + simple synchronization
' Thread#A XOR + ==> Thread#B
'..... .....
'MutexLock(mut) MutexLock(mut)
' Do_something_with_exclusion Do_something_with_exclusion
' Thread_signal = true -------------------> While Thread_signal <> true
' CondSignal(cond) -------------------------> CondWait(cond, mut)
' Do_something_with_exclusion .------> Wend
'MutexUnlock(mut) ------------------' Thread_signal = false
'..... Do_something_with_exclusion
'..... MutexUnlock(mut)
'..... .....
Dim Shared As Any Ptr mutex
Dim Shared As Any Ptr cond
Dim Shared As String txt
Dim As Any Ptr pt
Dim Shared As Integer ok = 0
Sub thread (ByVal p As Any Ptr)
Print "thread is complementing the string"
MutexLock(mutex)
Sleep 400, 1
txt &= " complemented by thread"
ok = 1
CondSignal(cond)
MutexUnlock(mutex)
Print "thread signals the processing completed"
End Sub
mutex = MutexCreate
cond = CondCreate
txt = "example of text"
Print "main() initializes a string = " & txt
Print "main creates one thread"
Print
pt = ThreadCreate(@thread)
MutexLock(mutex)
While ok <> 1
CondWait(cond, mutex)
Wend
Print
Print "back in main(), the string = " & txt
ok = 0
MutexUnlock(mutex)
ThreadWait(pt)
MutexDestroy(mutex)
CondDestroy(cond)
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Dialect Differences

- Threading is not allowed in -lang qb

Platform Differences

- Condsignal is not available with the DOS version / target of FreeBASIC, because multithreading is not supported by DOS kernel nor the used extender.
- In Linux the threads are always started in the order they are created, this can't be assumed in Win32. It's an OS, not a FreeBASIC issue.

Differences from QB

- New to FreeBASIC

See also

- `CondCreate`
- `CondDestroy`
- `CondBroadcast`
- `CondWait`
- `ThreadCreate`