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Read Write Lock

Explore how to design and implement a read write lock in Python that permits multiple readers to access shared data simultaneously while ensuring exclusive access for a single writer. Understand the synchronization using condition variables, managing reader counts, and preventing race conditions in concurrent environments.

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Read Write Lock

Imagine you have an application where you have multiple readers and a single writer. You are asked to design a lock which lets multiple readers read at the same time, but only one writer write at a time.

Solution

First of all let us define the APIs ...