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#The sleeping barber problem http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleeping_barber_problem
#Solved with Io actors
Barber := Object clone do(
sleeping := false
wakeup := method(
"Waking Up!" println
sleeping = false
)
sleep := method(
"Going to sleep" println
sleeping = true
)
asleep := method(sleeping)
cutHair := method(customer, inWaitingRoom,
if(sleeping == true, wakeup)
#remove them from the waiting room
if(inWaitingRoom
, WaitingRoom releaseSeat(customer)
)
("Cutting the hair of " .. customer name) println
wait(0.2 + Random value(0,1))
"done"
)
work := method(
if(WaitingRoom empty == false and sleeping == true, Exception raise("Lazy Barber!"))
if(WaitingRoom empty and sleeping == false, sleep)
)
)
WaitingRoom := Object clone do(
chairs := 3
chairs_left := chairs
empty := method(chairs_left == chairs)
hasSpace := method(chairs_left > 0)
takeSeat := method(customer,
if(hasSpace
, chairs_left = chairs_left - 1
(customer name .. ": taking a seat in the waiting room. " .. chairs_left .. " left") println
true
, false
)
)
releaseSeat := method(customer,
chairs_left = chairs_left + 1
(customer name .. ": leaving a seat in the waiting room. " .. chairs_left .. " left") println
)
)
Customer := Object clone do(
init := method(p_name,
self name := p_name
"Hi, my name is " .. name
)
takeSeatOrLeave := method(
if(WaitingRoom takeSeat(self) == true
, requestHaircut(true)
, leave("sad")
)
)
requestHaircut := method(inWaitingRoom,
result := Barber @cutHair(self, inWaitingRoom)
if(result == "done", leave("happy")) #this will block the current coroutine (and automatically yield)
)
leave := method(state,
if(state == "sad" , (name .. ": is leaving and didn't get a haircut :-(") println)
if(state == "happy" , (name .. ": is leaving and got a great haircut :-)") println)
)
gotoBarber := method(
#wait a random amount of time before going to the barber
wait(Random value(0,4))
(name .. ": going to the barber!") println
if(Barber asleep
,requestHaircut(false)
,takeSeatOrLeave()
)
)
)
#driver
numCustomers := 10
if(System args size > 1, numCustomers = System args at(1) asNumber)
for(i, 1, numCustomers , 1,
c := Customer clone
c init("c" .. i)
c @@gotoBarber
)
"Go!" println
while(true,
Barber @@work
#not sure why, but i need both yield and wait in order
#for this loop not to peg my cpu
yield
wait(1)
#Scheduler yieldingCoros size println
)
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