Type Definition run_shell::ShellChildArc

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pub type ShellChildArc = Arc<RwLock<Option<ShellChildCore>>>;
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Arc holding ShellChildCore.

This is a combination of the following types.

  • Arc to make it accessbile by mutliple threads. (e.g. the thread launched the ShellChildCore and the thread sending a signal via ShellHandle.
  • RwLock to signal() while wait_null() is blocking. Both signal() and wait_null() reguires the read lock which can be obtained by multiple threads at the same time.
  • Option to enable to take() ownership of ShellChildCore to inovke wait().