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gregkorossy / semaphore.js
Last active September 15, 2023 08:08
A simple implementation of a semaphore in JS
function Semaphore(max) {
var counter = 0;
var waiting = [];
var take = function() {
if (waiting.length > 0 && counter < max){
counter++;
let promise = waiting.shift();
promise.resolve();
}
var mediaJSON = { "categories" : [ { "name" : "Movies",
"videos" : [
{ "description" : "Big Buck Bunny tells the story of a giant rabbit with a heart bigger than himself. When one sunny day three rodents rudely harass him, something snaps... and the rabbit ain't no bunny anymore! In the typical cartoon tradition he prepares the nasty rodents a comical revenge.\n\nLicensed under the Creative Commons Attribution license\nhttp://www.bigbuckbunny.org",
"sources" : [ "http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/gtv-videos-bucket/sample/BigBuckBunny.mp4" ],
"subtitle" : "By Blender Foundation",
"thumb" : "images/BigBuckBunny.jpg",
"title" : "Big Buck Bunny"
},
{ "description" : "The first Blender Open Movie from 2006",
"sources" : [ "http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/gtv-videos-bucket/sample/ElephantsDream.mp4" ],