Guard Flag Coordination Report

Let a boolean guard claim a single owner and report how many of the contending claims were granted.

guard_flag_coordination.js

const claims = 2;
let owner = "none";
let granted = 0;
let blocked = 0;

function coordinate(count) {
    let claimed = false;
    for (let i = 1; i <= count; i++) {
        if (!claimed) {
            claimed = true;
            owner = "task" + i;
            granted += 1;
        } else {
            blocked += 1;
        }
    }
    let outcome = "open";
    if (granted >= 1 && blocked >= 1) {
        outcome = "contended";
    } else if (granted >= 1) {
        outcome = "held";
    }
    console.log(`claims=${count} granted=${granted} blocked=${blocked} owner=${owner} status=${outcome}`);
}

coordinate(claims);

guard flag A guard flag grants the first claim and blocks the rest, so the granted count and owner stay deterministic scalars.