Guard Flag Coordination Report

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

Guard Flag Coordination Report

guard_flag.lua

local claims = 
local owner = "none"
local granted = 0
local blocked = 0
local claimed = false

for i = 1, claims do
  if not claimed then
    claimed = true
    owner = "task" .. i
    granted = granted + 1
  else
    blocked = blocked + 1
  end
end

local report_status = "open"
if granted >= 1 and blocked >= 1 then
  report_status = "contended"
elseif granted >= 1 then
  report_status = "held"
end

print("claims=" .. claims .. " granted=" .. granted .. " blocked=" .. blocked .. " owner=" .. owner .. " status=" .. report_status)

local claims = 
local owner = "none"
local granted = 0
local blocked = 0
local claimed = false

for i = 1, claims do
  if not claimed then
    claimed = true
    owner = "task" .. i
    granted = granted + 1
  else
    blocked = blocked + 1
  end
end

local report_status = "open"
if granted >= 1 and blocked >= 1 then
  report_status = "contended"
elseif granted >= 1 then
  report_status = "held"
end

print("claims=" .. claims .. " granted=" .. granted .. " blocked=" .. blocked .. " owner=" .. owner .. " status=" .. report_status)

local claims = 
local owner = "none"
local granted = 0
local blocked = 0
local claimed = false

for i = 1, claims do
  if not claimed then
    claimed = true
    owner = "task" .. i
    granted = granted + 1
  else
    blocked = blocked + 1
  end
end

local report_status = "open"
if granted >= 1 and blocked >= 1 then
  report_status = "contended"
elseif granted >= 1 then
  report_status = "held"
end

print("claims=" .. claims .. " granted=" .. granted .. " blocked=" .. blocked .. " owner=" .. owner .. " status=" .. report_status)

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