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Semaphore
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**Inherits:** :ref:`Reference<class_Reference>` **<** :ref:`Object<class_Object>`

A synchronization semaphore.

Description
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A synchronization semaphore which can be used to synchronize multiple :ref:`Thread<class_Thread>`\ s. Initialized to zero on creation. Be careful to avoid deadlocks. For a binary version, see :ref:`Mutex<class_Mutex>`.

Tutorials
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- :doc:`../tutorials/performance/threads/using_multiple_threads`

Methods
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| :ref:`Error<enum_@GlobalScope_Error>` | :ref:`post<class_Semaphore_method_post>` **(** **)** |
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| :ref:`Error<enum_@GlobalScope_Error>` | :ref:`wait<class_Semaphore_method_wait>` **(** **)** |
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Method Descriptions
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.. _class_Semaphore_method_post:

- :ref:`Error<enum_@GlobalScope_Error>` **post** **(** **)**

Lowers the ``Semaphore``, allowing one more thread in. Returns :ref:`@GlobalScope.OK<class_@GlobalScope_constant_OK>` on success, :ref:`@GlobalScope.ERR_BUSY<class_@GlobalScope_constant_ERR_BUSY>` otherwise.

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.. _class_Semaphore_method_wait:

- :ref:`Error<enum_@GlobalScope_Error>` **wait** **(** **)**

Tries to wait for the ``Semaphore``, if its value is zero, blocks until non-zero. Returns :ref:`@GlobalScope.OK<class_@GlobalScope_constant_OK>` on success, :ref:`@GlobalScope.ERR_BUSY<class_@GlobalScope_constant_ERR_BUSY>` otherwise.

.. |virtual| replace:: :abbr:`virtual (This method should typically be overridden by the user to have any effect.)`
.. |const| replace:: :abbr:`const (This method has no side effects. It doesn't modify any of the instance's member variables.)`
.. |vararg| replace:: :abbr:`vararg (This method accepts any number of arguments after the ones described here.)`