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13347 :: how to store RwLock into seq?

• aiac (orginal) [2025-08-23T20:58:28+02:00] view original

  • code

  
    DashTable(
      tabs: newSeqWith(shards, newStringTable(mode)),
      locks: newSeqWith(shards, createRwLock()), # error here....
      shards: shards,
      mode: mode,
    )
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  • error message

  
   Error: '=si
  nk' is not available for type <RwLock>; routine: newDashTable
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• elcritch (orginal) [2025-08-23T23:47:41+02:00] view original

  Probably need to init the seq, then iterate and init the locks. Something like:

  
  var tb: DashTable
  tb.locks = initSeq(20)
  for l in tb.locks: l.initLock()
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• aiac (orginal) [2025-08-23T23:52:07+02:00] view original

  function initLock not found in https://nim-lang.github.io/threading/rwlock.html

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