Modern Chan Channel Capacity

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Capacity

Returns the buffer size the channel was made with; 0 means each value is handed over.

Syntax

Capacity( ) as int32

Notes

• 0 is a rendezvous, not an error and not a one-element buffer: the sender waits for a receiver and the value is handed over directly.
• Fixed at construction; a channel cannot be resized.
• Count is how much is in it now.

Examples

#import "std/tasks"
using tasks

dim buffered as Channel( of int32 ) = Channel( of int32 )( 16 )
print buffered.Capacity( )   '' 16

'' 0 is a RENDEZVOUS: Send waits for a receiver and hands the value
'' over directly, which makes it an ordering point as well as a handoff
dim rendezvous as Channel( of int32 ) = Channel( of int32 )( 0 )
print rendezvous.Capacity( ) '' 0

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