Semaphore vs Monitor
Explore the differences between semaphores and monitors in Python concurrency. Understand how monitors combine mutexes and condition variables to manage locking atomically, while semaphores require careful manual handling. Learn how these synchronization tools manage thread access to resources, their advantages, challenges, and how Python's Condition class implements the monitor concept to reduce developer errors.
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Semaphore vs Monitor
Monitor, mutex, and semaphores can be confusing concepts initially. A monitor is made up of a mutex and a condition variable. One can think of a mutex as a subset of a monitor. Differences between a monitor and a semaphore are discussed below.