require 'thread' module Tins class Limited # Create a Limited instance, that runs _maximum_ threads at most. def initialize(maximum) @mutex = Mutex.new @continue = ConditionVariable.new @maximum = Integer(maximum) raise ArgumentError, "maximum < 1" if @maximum < 1 @count = 0 @tg = ThreadGroup.new end # The maximum number of worker threads. attr_reader :maximum # Execute _maximum_ number of threads in parallel. def execute @mutex.synchronize do loop do if @count < @maximum @count += 1 Thread.new do @tg.add Thread.current yield @mutex.synchronize { @count -= 1 } @continue.signal end return else @continue.wait(@mutex) end end end end def wait @tg.list.each(&:join) end def process yield self ensure wait end end end require 'tins/alias'