awesomeness

src/lib.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+//! This crate provides a `GLock<T>`, that is globally locked. Every `GLock<T>` uses the same
+//! global lock, so locking on will lock all. Sounds like a dumb idea? One of the most popular
+//! programming implementations does it, so it must be smart.
+
 use parking_lot::lock_api::{MutexGuard, RawMutex};
 use parking_lot::Mutex;
 use std::cell::UnsafeCell;
@@ -5,30 +9,44 @@ use std::ops::{Deref, DerefMut};
 
 static LOCK: Mutex<()> = Mutex::const_new(RawMutex::INIT, ());
 
+/// A global lock that locks every `GLock` using the same global lock (like the GIL in cpython lmao)
 pub struct GLock<T> {
     inner: UnsafeCell<T>,
 }
 
 impl<T> GLock<T> {
-    pub fn lock(&self) -> GLockGuard<T> {
-        let mutex_guard = LOCK.lock();
-        // SAFETY: We have the global lock
-        let value = unsafe { &mut *self.inner.get() };
-        GLockGuard { value, mutex_guard }
+    /// Creates a new GLock
+    pub const fn new(value: T) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            inner: UnsafeCell::new(value),
+        }
     }
 
-    pub fn get_mut(&mut self) -> &mut T {
+    /// Lock the global lock, not allowing any other `GLock` to be locked during the locked duration
+    pub fn lock(&self) -> GLockGuard<T> {
+        let global_guard = LOCK.lock();
+        // SAFETY: We took the global lock above,
+        // so no other one is allowed to get to this critical section here
+        let value = unsafe { &mut *self.inner.get() };
+        GLockGuard {
+            value,
+            global_guard,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub const fn get_mut(&mut self) -> &mut T {
         self.inner.get_mut()
     }
 
-    pub fn into_inner(self) -> T {
+    pub const fn into_inner(self) -> T {
         self.inner.into_inner()
     }
 }
 
+/// A guard that guards a globally locked value
 struct GLockGuard<'a, T> {
     value: &'a mut T,
-    mutex_guard: MutexGuard<'a, parking_lot::RawMutex, ()>,
+    global_guard: MutexGuard<'a, parking_lot::RawMutex, ()>,
 }
 
 impl<'a, T> Deref for GLockGuard<'a, T> {