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lock() public

Attempts to grab the lock and waits if it isn’t available.

# File lib/thread.rb, line 92
  def lock
    while (Thread.critical = true; @locked)
      @waiting.push Thread.current
      Thread.stop
    end
    @locked = true
    Thread.critical = false
    self
  end

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