-- ErrorQueue isa WaitQueue with the added feature that a producer can push an -- error through the queue. Once that error is dequeued, every consumer will -- raise that error. local WaitQueue = require('WaitQueue') -- local dbg = require('printf') local function dbg(...) end local ErrorQueue = WaitQueue:new() function ErrorQueue:Error(message) -- Setting Error() is a marker, like closing the queue. Once we reach the -- error, every subsequent Dequeue() call will raise the same error. dbg('Setting self._closed to %q', message) self._closed = message self:_wake_waiters() end function ErrorQueue:Dequeue() local value = WaitQueue.Dequeue(self) dbg('ErrorQueue:Dequeue: base Dequeue() got %s', value) if value ~= nil then -- queue not yet closed, show caller return value end if self._closed == true then -- WaitQueue:close() sets true: queue has only been closed, tell caller return nil end -- self._closed is a message set by Error() error(self._closed) end return ErrorQueue