On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 6:31 PM, Vince Refiti <vin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello
>
> I am playing around with Semaphore, and wrote the following:

[snip]

> Can someone please explain this pattern?

I rearranged again to make the output self explanatory...

  | coll count sem |
  Transcript clear; show: 'count' ; tab; show: 'each'.
  coll := Array withAll: (1 to: 99).
  count := 0.
  sem := Semaphore new.
  coll do:
  [   :each |
      count := count + 1.
      Transcript crShow: count printString; tab.
      (count >= 5) ifTrue:
          [ sem isSignaled
               ifTrue: [
                   Transcript tab; show: 'consumeExcess, nowait, '.
                    sem wait ]
               ifFalse: [
                  Transcript tab; show: 'main/UI waits on sem'.
                   sem wait.
                   Transcript cr; tab; tab;
                          show: 'main/UI runs, excessSignals ' ;
                          show: sem excessSignals printString; cr; tab. ]
           ].

     Transcript tab ; show: each printString, ' queued to run'.
      [    count := count -1.
           Transcript crShow: count printString; tab ; tab;
                      show: each printString,  ' runs, signals sem'.
            sem signal.
            sem isSignaled ifFalse: [  Transcript show: ', UI queued to run' ].
      ] fork.
  ]



On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 6:31 PM, Vince Refiti <vin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello
>
> I am playing around with Semaphore, and wrote the following:

[snip]

> Can someone please explain this pattern?

I rearranged again to make the output self explanatory...

  | coll count sem |
  Transcript clear; show: 'count' ; tab; show: 'each'.
  coll := Array withAll: (1 to: 99).
  count := 0.
  sem := Semaphore new.
  coll do:
  [   :each |
      count := count + 1.
      Transcript crShow: count printString; tab.
      (count >= 5) ifTrue:
          [ sem isSignaled
               ifTrue: [
                   Transcript tab; show: 'nowait '.
                    sem wait ]
               ifFalse: [
                  Transcript tab; show: 'main/UI waits on sem'.
                   sem wait.
                   Transcript cr; tab; tab;
                          show: 'main/UI runs, excessSignals ' ;
                          show: sem excessSignals printString; cr; tab. ]
           ].

     Transcript tab ; show: each printString, ' queued to run'.
      [    count := count -1.
           Transcript crShow: count printString; tab ; tab;
                      show: each printString,  ' runs, signals sem'.
            sem signal.
            sem isSignaled ifFalse: [  Transcript show: ', main/UI
queued to run' ].
      ] fork.
  ]


count each
1    1 queued to run
2    2 queued to run
3    3 queued to run
4    4 queued to run
5    main/UI waits on sem
4    1 runs, signals sem, main/UI queued to run
3    2 runs, signals sem
2    3 runs, signals sem
1    4 runs, signals sem
     main/UI runs, excessSignals 3
     5 queued to run
2    6 queued to run
3    7 queued to run
4    8 queued to run
5    consumeExcess, nowait, 9 queued to run
6    consumeExcess, nowait, 10 queued to run
7    consumeExcess, nowait, 11 queued to run
8    main/UI waits on sem
7    5 runs, signals sem, main/UI queued to run
6    6 runs, signals sem
5    7 runs, signals sem
4    8 runs, signals sem
3    9 runs, signals sem
2    10 runs, signals sem
1    11 runs, signals sem
     main/UI runs, excessSignals 6
     12 queued to run
2    13 queued to run
3    14 queued to run
4    15 queued to run
5    consumeExcess, nowait, 16 queued to run
6    consumeExcess, nowait, 17 queued to run
7    consumeExcess, nowait, 18 queued to run
8    consumeExcess, nowait, 19 queued to run
9    consumeExcess, nowait, 20 queued to run
10   consumeExcess, nowait, 21 queued to run
11   main/UI waits on sem
10   12 runs, signals sem, main/UI queued to run
9    13 runs, signals sem
8    14 runs, signals sem
7    15 runs, signals sem
6    16 runs, signals sem
5    17 runs, signals sem
4    18 runs, signals sem
3    19 runs, signals sem
2    20 runs, signals sem
1    21 runs, signals sem
     main/UI runs, excessSignals 9
     22 queued to run
2    23 queued to run
3    24 queued to run
4    25 queued to run
5    consumeExcess, nowait, 26 queued to run
6    consumeExcess, nowait, 27 queued to run
7    consumeExcess, nowait, 28 queued to run
8    consumeExcess, nowait, 29 queued to run
9    consumeExcess, nowait, 30 queued to run
10   consumeExcess, nowait, 31 queued to run
11   consumeExcess, nowait, 32 queued to run
12   consumeExcess, nowait, 33 queued to run
13   consumeExcess, nowait, 34 queued to run
14   main/UI waits on sem
13   22 runs, signals sem, main/UI queued to run
12   23 runs, signals sem
11   24 runs, signals sem
10   25 runs, signals sem
9    26 runs, signals sem
8    27 runs, signals sem
7    28 runs, signals sem
6    29 runs, signals sem
5    30 runs, signals sem
4    31 runs, signals sem
3    32 runs, signals sem
2    33 runs, signals sem
1    34 runs, signals sem
     main/UI runs, excessSignals 12
     35 queued to run
2    36 queued to run
3    37 queued to run
4    38 queued to run
5    consumeExcess, nowait, 39 queued to run
6    consumeExcess, nowait, 40 queued to run
7    consumeExcess, nowait, 41 queued to run
8    consumeExcess, nowait, 42 queued to run
9    consumeExcess, nowait, 43 queued to run
10   consumeExcess, nowait, 44 queued to run
11   consumeExcess, nowait, 45 queued to run
12   consumeExcess, nowait, 46 queued to run
13   consumeExcess, nowait, 47 queued to run
14   consumeExcess, nowait, 48 queued to run
15   consumeExcess, nowait, 49 queued to run
16   consumeExcess, nowait, 50 queued to run
17   main/UI waits on sem
16   35 runs, signals sem, main/UI queued to run
15   36 runs, signals sem
14   37 runs, signals sem
13   38 runs, signals sem
12   39 runs, signals sem
11   40 runs, signals sem
10   41 runs, signals sem
9    42 runs, signals sem
8    43 runs, signals sem
7    44 runs, signals sem
6    45 runs, signals sem
5    46 runs, signals sem
4    47 runs, signals sem
3    48 runs, signals sem
2    49 runs, signals sem
1    50 runs, signals sem
     main/UI runs, excessSignals 15
     51 queued to run
2    52 queued to run
3    53 queued to run
4    54 queued to run
5    consumeExcess, nowait, 55 queued to run
6    consumeExcess, nowait, 56 queued to run
7    consumeExcess, nowait, 57 queued to run
8    consumeExcess, nowait, 58 queued to run
9    consumeExcess, nowait, 59 queued to run
10   consumeExcess, nowait, 60 queued to run
11   consumeExcess, nowait, 61 queued to run
12   consumeExcess, nowait, 62 queued to run
13   consumeExcess, nowait, 63 queued to run
14   consumeExcess, nowait, 64 queued to run
15   consumeExcess, nowait, 65 queued to run
16   consumeExcess, nowait, 66 queued to run
17   consumeExcess, nowait, 67 queued to run
18   consumeExcess, nowait, 68 queued to run
19   consumeExcess, nowait, 69 queued to run
20   main/UI waits on sem
19   51 runs, signals sem, main/UI queued to run
18   52 runs, signals sem
17   53 runs, signals sem
16   54 runs, signals sem
15   55 runs, signals sem
14   56 runs, signals sem
13   57 runs, signals sem
12   58 runs, signals sem
11   59 runs, signals sem
10   60 runs, signals sem
9    61 runs, signals sem
8    62 runs, signals sem
7    63 runs, signals sem
6    64 runs, signals sem
5    65 runs, signals sem
4    66 runs, signals sem
3    67 runs, signals sem
2    68 runs, signals sem
1    69 runs, signals sem
     main/UI runs, excessSignals 18
     70 queued to run
2    71 queued to run
3    72 queued to run
4    73 queued to run
5    consumeExcess, nowait, 74 queued to run
6    consumeExcess, nowait, 75 queued to run
7    consumeExcess, nowait, 76 queued to run
8    consumeExcess, nowait, 77 queued to run
9    consumeExcess, nowait, 78 queued to run
10   consumeExcess, nowait, 79 queued to run
11   consumeExcess, nowait, 80 queued to run
12   consumeExcess, nowait, 81 queued to run
13   consumeExcess, nowait, 82 queued to run
14   consumeExcess, nowait, 83 queued to run
15   consumeExcess, nowait, 84 queued to run
16   consumeExcess, nowait, 85 queued to run
17   consumeExcess, nowait, 86 queued to run
18   consumeExcess, nowait, 87 queued to run
19   consumeExcess, nowait, 88 queued to run
20   consumeExcess, nowait, 89 queued to run
21   consumeExcess, nowait, 90 queued to run
22   consumeExcess, nowait, 91 queued to run
23   main/UI waits on sem
22   70 runs, signals sem, main/UI queued to run
21   71 runs, signals sem
20   72 runs, signals sem
19   73 runs, signals sem
18   74 runs, signals sem
17   75 runs, signals sem
16   76 runs, signals sem
15   77 runs, signals sem
14   78 runs, signals sem
13   79 runs, signals sem
12   80 runs, signals sem
11   81 runs, signals sem
10   82 runs, signals sem
9    83 runs, signals sem
8    84 runs, signals sem
7    85 runs, signals sem
6    86 runs, signals sem
5    87 runs, signals sem
4    88 runs, signals sem
3    89 runs, signals sem
2    90 runs, signals sem
1    91 runs, signals sem
     main/UI runs, excessSignals 21
     92 queued to run
2    93 queued to run
3    94 queued to run
4    95 queued to run
5    consumeExcess, nowait, 96 queued to run
6    consumeExcess, nowait, 97 queued to run
7    consumeExcess, nowait, 98 queued to run
8    consumeExcess, nowait, 99 queued to run
7    92 runs, signals sem
6    93 runs, signals sem
5    94 runs, signals sem
4    95 runs, signals sem
3    96 runs, signals sem
2    97 runs, signals sem
1    98 runs, signals sem
0    99 runs, signals sem

HTH,
cheers -ben

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