jstorimer / check_then_set_with_sheep_lock.rb

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            class Sheep
  def initialize
    @shorn = false
    
    # Here the sheep owns the mutex. But now the
    # shearing logic is muddied up by synchronization
    # logic. This doesn't seem like the right place for
    # this.
    @mutex = Mutex.new
  end
 
  def shorn?
    @shorn
  end
  private :shorn?
 
  def shear!
    @mutex.synchronize do
      return if shorn?
 
      puts "shearing..."
      @shorn = true
    end
  end
end
 
sheep = Sheep.new
 
# You could create the mutex here and let
# the threads fight over it before shearing
# the sheep, but it's just not necessary.
5.times.map do
  Thread.new do
    sheep.shear!
  end
end.each(&:join)