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+-- WaitQueue isa Queue with the added feature that when the queue is empty,
+-- the Dequeue() operation blocks the calling coroutine until some other
+-- coroutine Enqueue()s a new value.
+
+local Queue = require('Queue')
+
+WaitQueue = Queue:new()
+
+function WaitQueue:new()
+    local obj = setmetatable(Queue:new(), self)
+    self.__index = self
+    obj._waiters = {}
+    obj._closed = false
+    return obj
+end
+
+function WaitQueue:Enqueue(value)
+    if self._closed then
+        error("can't Enqueue() on closed Queue")
+    end
+    Queue:Enqueue(value)
+    -- WaitQueue is designed to support multi-producer, multi-consumer use
+    -- cases. With multiple consumers, if more than one is trying to
+    -- Dequeue() from an empty WaitQueue, we'll have multiple waiters.
+    -- Unlike OS threads, with cooperative concurrency it doesn't make sense
+    -- to "notify all": we need resume only one of the waiting Dequeue()
+    -- callers. But since resuming that caller might entail either Enqueue()
+    -- or Dequeue() calls, recheck every time around to see if we must resume
+    -- another waiting coroutine.
+    while not self:IsEmpty() and #self._waiters do
+        -- pop the oldest waiting coroutine instead of the most recent, for
+        -- more-or-less round robin fairness
+        local waiter = table.remove(self._waiters, 1)
+        -- don't pass the head item: let the resumed coroutine retrieve it
+        local ok, message = coroutine.resume(waiter)
+        -- if resuming that waiter encountered an error, don't swallow it
+        if not ok then
+            error(message)
+        end
+    end
+end
+
+function WaitQueue:Dequeue()
+    while self:IsEmpty() do
+        -- Don't check for closed until the queue is empty: producer can close
+        -- the queue while there are still items left, and we want the
+        -- consumer(s) to retrieve those last few items.
+        if self._closed then
+            return nil
+        end
+        local coro = coroutine.running()
+        if coro == nil then
+            error("WaitQueue:Dequeue() trying to suspend main coroutine")
+        end
+        -- add the running coroutine to the list of waiters
+        table.insert(self._waiters, coro)
+        -- then let somebody else run
+        coroutine.yield()
+    end
+    -- here we're sure this queue isn't empty
+    return Queue:Dequeue()
+end
+
+function WaitQueue:close()
+    self._closed = true
+end
+
+return WaitQueue