readerwriterlock 1.0.6

A python implementation of the three Reader-Writer problems.

A python implementation of the three Reader-Writer problems.

Not only does it implement the reader-writer problems, it is also compliant with the python lock interface which includes support for timeouts.

For reading about the theory behind the reader-writer problems refer to Wikipedia.

Installation

Install the python package readerwriterlock

python3 -m pip install -U readerwriterlock

Usage

Initialize a new lock base on your access priority need which is going to be use by the threads:

Reader priority (aka First readers-writers problem)

from readerwriterlock import rwlock
a = rwlock.RWLockRead()

Writer priority (aka Second readers-writers problem)

from readerwriterlock import rwlock
a = rwlock.RWLockWrite()

Fair priority (aka Third readers-writers problem)

from readerwriterlock import rwlock
a = rwlock.RWLockFair()

Pythonic usage example

with a.gen_rlock():
      #Read stuff
with a.gen_wlock():
      #Write stuff

Advanced Usage example

b = a.gen_wlock()
if b.acquire(blocking=True, timeout=5):
      #Do stuff
      b.release()

Live example

Refer to the file rwlock_test.py which can be directly called, it has above 90% line coverage of rwlock.py.

The tests can be initiated by doing

./rwlock_test.py

Build

This project use the BUILDME interface, you may therefore build the project by simply doing:

./BUILDME

Contribute

You are the welcome to contribute.

Contact

Project:

https://github.com/elarivie/pyReaderWriterLock

Bug tracker:

https://github.com/elarivie/pyReaderWriterLock/issues

Author:

Éric Larivière [e-mail]