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|   ProcessorScheduler Method Definitions
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|     Change Log
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| Author       Date       Change 
| sbyrne     25 Apr 89	  created.
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Object subclass: #ProcessorScheduler
       instanceVariableNames: 'processLists activeProcess'
       classVariableNames: ''
       poolDictionaries: ''
       category: nil.

ProcessorScheduler comment: 
'I provide methods that control the execution of processes.' !

!ProcessorScheduler methodsFor: 'basic'!

activeProcess
    ^activeProcess
!

terminateActive
    activeProcess terminate
    "Poor man's terminate"
"    [true] whileTrue: [ Processor yield ]"
!

yield
    | process priority processList |
    priority _ activeProcess priority.
    processList _ processLists at: priority.
    processList isEmpty
        ifFalse: [ processList addLast: activeProcess.
    	    	   activeProcess suspend ]
!

activePriority
    ^self activeProcess priority
!

timingPriority
    8
!

highIOPriority
    7
!

lowIOPriority
    6
!

userInterruptPriority
    5
!

userSchedulingPriority
    4
!

userBackgroundPriority
    3
!

systemBackgroundPriority
    2

!!