RosettaCodeData/Task/Singleton/Erlang/singleton-1.erl

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Erlang

-module(singleton).
-export([get/0, set/1, start/0]).
-export([loop/1]).
% spec singleton:get() -> {ok, Value::any()} | not_set
get() ->
?MODULE ! {get, self()},
receive
{ok, not_set} -> not_set;
Answer -> Answer
end.
% spec singleton:set(Value::any()) -> ok
set(Value) ->
?MODULE ! {set, self(), Value},
receive
ok -> ok
end.
start() ->
register(?MODULE, spawn(?MODULE, loop, [not_set])).
loop(Value) ->
receive
{get, From} ->
From ! {ok, Value},
loop(Value);
{set, From, NewValue} ->
From ! ok,
loop(NewValue)
end.