[Vm-dev] Where to get Monitor implementation based on primitives?

[Denis Kudriashov]

2016-02-06 8:16 GMT+01:00 Ben Coman <btc at openinworld.com>:

> @Dennis, Why not...
>     primitiveEnterCriticalSectionOnBehalfOf: activeProcess
>          <primitive: 186>
>          self primitiveFailed
>
> I had been meaning to ask what this code at the top of the primitive was
> for...
>     argumentCount > 0
>         ifTrue:
>             [criticalSection := self stackValue: 1.  "rcvr"
>              activeProc := self stackTop]
>         ifFalse:
>             [criticalSection := self stackTop.  "rcvr"
>              activeProc := self activeProcess].
>
> but took a wild guess its to support onBehalfOf type calls.
>

Nice. What about tryAcquire (187)? Does it implemented same way?
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