Practice RLock: Reentrant Lock - 5.2 | Chapter 7: Concurrency and Parallelism in Python | Python Advance
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Practice Questions

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Question 1

Easy

What is an RLock and how is it different from a regular Lock?

💡 Hint: Think about accessing shared resources more than once.

Question 2

Easy

Can RLocks help prevent deadlocks?

💡 Hint: Consider how functions can call themselves.

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Interactive Quizzes

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Question 1

What does RLock stand for?

  • Regular Lock
  • Reentrant Lock
  • Recursive Lock

💡 Hint: Focus on the meaning of 'Reentrant'.

Question 2

Can a thread deadlock itself when using RLocks?

  • True
  • False

💡 Hint: Think of how RLocks are designed to function.

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Challenge Problems

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Question 1

Design a class that simulates a bank account with methods to deposit and withdraw funds. Ensure that both methods can be safely called by the same thread in quick succession without deadlocks.

💡 Hint: You will need to implement methods that acquire and release the RLock.

Question 2

In a factory simulation, two types of machines are dependent on each other to complete tasks. Create a threading scenario where using RLocks prevents deadlock while allowing different threads to complete their tasks.

💡 Hint: Think about tasks that might call each other in a loop.

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