threading.Lock

Creates a thread lock object.

    
    
    
Lock()

Examples

Two concurrent threads accessing shared resources.

    javascript
    
    
function consumer(productionQuantity, dict, lock) {
    for (var i = 0; i < productionQuantity; i++) {
        lock.acquire()
        var count = dict.get("count")
        Log("consumer:", count)
        Sleep(1000)
        lock.release()
    }
}

function producer(productionQuantity, dict, lock) {
    for (var i = 0; i < productionQuantity; i++) {
        lock.acquire()
        dict.set("count", i)
        Log("producer:", i)
        Sleep(1000)
        lock.release()
    }
}

function main() {
    var dict = threading.Dict()
    dict.set("count", -1)
    var lock = threading.Lock()
    var productionQuantity = 10
    var producerThread = threading.Thread(producer, productionQuantity, dict, lock)
    var consumerThread = threading.Thread(consumer, productionQuantity, dict, lock)

    consumerThread.join()
    producerThread.join()
}

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Remarks

Supports backtesting system and live trading environment.