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| -rw-r--r-- | thread_sync.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/thread_sync.c b/thread_sync.c index 9ac28a9aa0..9de9c32965 100644 --- a/thread_sync.c +++ b/thread_sync.c @@ -632,7 +632,13 @@ queue_do_close(VALUE self, int is_szq) /* * Document-class: Queue * - * This class provides a way to synchronize communication between threads. + * The Queue class implements multi-producer, multi-consumer queues. + * It is especially useful in threaded programming when information + * must be exchanged safely between multiple threads. The Queue class + * implements all the required locking semantics. + * + * The class implements FIFO type of queue. In a FIFO queue, the first + * tasks added are the first retrieved. * * Example: * |