From e253427efe59e3c8aa774c0782474c517af5f3e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: asmw Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2018 13:42:03 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Fix broken link to dining philosophers --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 15921110..1b16510d 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ Check out the [Iterators chapter of the book](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/b ### Threads -See [the Dining Philosophers example](https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.4.0/book/first-edition/dining-philosophers.html) and the [Concurrency Chapter](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/book/first-edition/concurrency.html) from the book. +See [the Dining Philosophers example](https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.4.0/book/dining-philosophers.html) and the [Concurrency Chapter](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/book/first-edition/concurrency.html) from the book. - ["threads1.rs"](https://play.rust-lang.org/?code=%2F%2F+threads1.rs%0A%2F%2F+Make+this+compile%21+Scroll+down+for+hints+%3A%29+The+idea+is+the+thread%0A%2F%2F+spawned+on+line+17+is+completing+jobs+while+the+main+thread+is%0A%2F%2F+monitoring+progress+until+10+jobs+are+completed.+If+you+see+6+lines%0A%2F%2F+of+%22waiting...%22+and+the+program+ends+without+timing+out+the+playground%2C%0A%2F%2F+you%27ve+got+it+%3A%29%0A%0Ause+std%3A%3Async%3A%3AArc%3B%0Ause+std%3A%3Athread%3B%0Ause+std%3A%3Atime%3A%3ADuration%3B%0A%0Astruct+JobStatus+%7B%0A++++jobs_completed%3A+u32%2C%0A%7D%0A%0Afn+main%28%29+%7B%0A++++let+status+%3D+Arc%3A%3Anew%28JobStatus+%7B+jobs_completed%3A+0+%7D%29%3B%0A++++let+status_shared+%3D+status.clone%28%29%3B%0A++++thread%3A%3Aspawn%28move+%7C%7C+%7B%0A++++++++for+_+in+0..10+%7B%0A++++++++++++thread%3A%3Asleep%28Duration%3A%3Afrom_millis%28250%29%29%3B%0A++++++++++++status_shared.jobs_completed+%2B%3D+1%3B%0A++++++++%7D%0A++++%7D%29%3B%0A++++while+status.jobs_completed+%3C+10+%7B%0A++++++++println%21%28%22waiting...+%22%29%3B%0A++++++++thread%3A%3Asleep%28Duration%3A%3Afrom_millis%28500%29%29%3B%0A++++%7D%0A%7D%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%2F%2F+%60Arc%60+is+an+Atomic+Reference+Counted+pointer+that+allows+safe%2C+shared+access%0A%2F%2F+to+**immutable**+data.+But+we+want+to+*change*+the+number+of+%60jobs_completed%60%0A%2F%2F+so+we%27ll+need+to+also+use+another+type+that+will+only+allow+one+thread+to%0A%2F%2F+mutate+the+data+at+a+time.+Take+a+look+at+this+section+of+the+book%3A%0A%2F%2F+https%3A%2F%2Fdoc.rust-lang.org%2Fstable%2Fbook%2Fconcurrency.html%23safe-shared-mutable-state%0A%2F%2F+and+keep+scrolling+if+you%27d+like+more+hints+%3A%29%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%2F%2F+Do+you+now+have+an+%60Arc%60+%60Mutex%60+%60JobStatus%60+at+the+beginning+of+main%3F+Like%3A%0A%2F%2F+%60let+status+%3D+Arc%3A%3Anew%28Mutex%3A%3Anew%28JobStatus+%7B+jobs_completed%3A+0+%7D%29%29%3B%60%0A%2F%2F+Similar+to+the+code+in+the+example+in+the+book+that+happens+after+the+text%0A%2F%2F+that+says+%22We+can+use+Arc%3CT%3E+to+fix+this.%22.+If+not%2C+give+that+a+try%21+If+you%0A%2F%2F+do+and+would+like+more+hints%2C+keep+scrolling%21%21%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%0A%2F%2F+Make+sure+neither+of+your+threads+are+holding+onto+the+lock+of+the+mutex%0A%2F%2F+while+they+are+sleeping%2C+since+this+will+prevent+the+other+thread+from%0A%2F%2F+being+allowed+to+get+the+lock.+Locks+are+automatically+released+when%0A%2F%2F+they+go+out+of+scope.%0A%0A%2F%2F+Ok%2C+so%2C+real+talk%2C+this+was+actually+tricky+for+*me*+to+do+too.+And%0A%2F%2F+I+could+see+a+lot+of+different+problems+you+might+run+into%2C+so+at+this%0A%2F%2F+point+I%27m+not+sure+which+one+you%27ve+hit+%3A%29+Please+see+a+few+possible%0A%2F%2F+answers+on+https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fcarols10cents%2Frustlings%2Fissues%2F3+--%0A%2F%2F+mine+is+a+little+more+complicated+because+I+decided+I+wanted+to+see%0A%2F%2F+the+number+of+jobs+currently+done+when+I+was+checking+the+status.%0A%0A%2F%2F+Please+open+an+issue+if+you%27re+still+running+into+a+problem+that%0A%2F%2F+these+hints+are+not+helping+you+with%2C+or+if+you%27ve+looked+at+the+sample%0A%2F%2F+answers+and+don%27t+understand+why+they+work+and+yours+doesn%27t.%0A%0A%2F%2F+If+you%27ve+learned+from+the+sample+solutions%2C+I+encourage+you+to+come%0A%2F%2F+back+to+this+exercise+and+try+it+again+in+a+few+days+to+reinforce%0A%2F%2F+what+you%27ve+learned+%3A%29%0A)