acquire

Acquire 1 permit from a TSemaphore.

import arrow.fx.stm.TSemaphore
import arrow.fx.stm.atomically

suspend fun main() {
//sampleStart
val tsem = TSemaphore.new(5)
atomically {
tsem.acquire()
}
//sampleEnd
println("Permits remaining ${atomically { tsem.available() }}")
}

This function will retry if there are no permits available.

See also

for a version that does not retry.


Acquire n permit from a TSemaphore.

import arrow.fx.stm.TSemaphore
import arrow.fx.stm.atomically

suspend fun main() {
//sampleStart
val tsem = TSemaphore.new(5)
atomically {
tsem.acquire(3)
}
//sampleEnd
println("Permits remaining ${atomically { tsem.available() }}")
}

This function will retry if there are less than n permits available.

See also

for a version that does not retry.