What sync object should i use?

[Steven Schveighoffer]

On Mon, 13 May 2013 15:41:47 -0400, Heinz <thor587 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm looking for an object in "core.sync" whose internal counter can be 0  
> or 1 (signaled/not signaled), just like Event Objects in Win32  
> (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms682396%28v=vs.85%29.aspx).  
> The object must be waitable and able to notify waiters. A semaphore is  
> the most similar thing but its internal counter can range from 0 to x. I  
> can perfectly create and use an event under Win32 for my needs but i do  
> not know their counterparts in FreeVSD, Linux and OSX; that's why i'm  
> trying to use an already implemented object from the runtime.
>
> This is what i'm trying to do:
>
> void MyFunc()
> {
>
> }

core.sync.condition and core.sync.mutex

I'd point at the docs, but they are poor.

Search online for docs on how mutexes and conditions work.  It's very  
similar to Windows events.

-Steve