From 9b426d47c2964957aec58badf34f8d12e759bb7b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Antonis Geralis <b3lievem@yandex.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2024 15:09:13 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] experiment

---
 threading/channels.nim | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/threading/channels.nim b/threading/channels.nim
index 10f3371..f55cce4 100644
--- a/threading/channels.nim
+++ b/threading/channels.nim
@@ -187,8 +187,9 @@ proc channelSend(chan: ChannelRaw, data: pointer, size: int, blocking: static bo
 
   when not blocking:
     if chan.isFull(): return false
-
-  acquire(chan.lock)
+    if not tryAcquire(chan.lock): return false
+  else:
+    acquire(chan.lock)
 
   # check for when another thread was faster to fill
   when blocking:
@@ -221,8 +222,9 @@ proc channelReceive(chan: ChannelRaw, data: pointer, size: int, blocking: static
 
   when not blocking:
     if chan.isEmpty(): return false
-
-  acquire(chan.lock)
+    if not tryAcquire(chan.lock): return false
+  else:
+    acquire(chan.lock)
 
   # check for when another thread was faster to empty
   when blocking: