Replace threads with generic mutexed datastructures.

4 files changed, 4 insertions, 182 deletions

diff --git a/docs/README.md b/docs/README.md
index 960ed4af..c1e6cf88 100644
--- a/docs/README.md
+++ b/docs/README.md
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ Information about Tomo's built-in types can be found here:
 - [Arrays](arrays.md)
 - [Booleans](booleans.md)
 - [Bytes](bytes.md)
-- [Channels](channels.md)
 - [Moment](moments.md)
 - [Enums](enums.md)
 - [Floating point numbers](nums.md)
diff --git a/docs/channels.md b/docs/channels.md
deleted file mode 100644
index ab61a82a..00000000
--- a/docs/channels.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,177 +0,0 @@
-# Channels
-
-Channels are a thread-safe message queue for communicating between threads,
-although they can also be used as a general-purpose queue.
-
-## Syntax
-
-The syntax to create a channel is `|:T|`, where `T` is the type that will be
-passed through the channel. You can also specify a maximum size for the
-channel, which will cause giving to block until the recipient has gotten from
-the channel if the maximum size is reached.
-
-```tomo
-channel := |:Int|
-channel:give(10)
-channel:give(20)
->> channel:get()
-= 10
->> channel:get()
-= 20
-
-small_channel := |:Int; max_size=5|
-```
-
-## Channel Methods
-
-### `give`
-
-**Description:**  
-Adds an item to the channel.
-
-**Signature:**  
-```tomo
-func give(channel:|T|, item: T, front: Bool = no -> Void)
-```
-
-**Parameters:**
-
-- `channel`: The channel to which the item will be added.
-- `item`: The item to add to the channel.
-- `front`: Whether to put the item at the front of the channel (as opposed to the back).
-
-**Returns:**  
-Nothing.
-
-**Example:**  
-```tomo
->> channel:give("Hello")
-```
-
----
-
-### `give_all`
-
-**Description:**  
-Adds multiple items to the channel.
-
-**Signature:**  
-```tomo
-func give_all(channel:|T|, items: [T], front: Bool = no -> Void)
-```
-
-**Parameters:**
-
-- `channel`: The channel to which the items will be added.
-- `items`: The array of items to add to the channel.
-- `front`: Whether to put the item at the front of the channel (as opposed to the back).
-
-**Returns:**  
-Nothing.
-
-**Example:**  
-```tomo
->> channel:give_all([1, 2, 3])
-```
-
----
-
-### `get`
-
-**Description:**  
-Removes and returns an item from the channel. If the channel is empty, it waits until an item is available.
-
-**Signature:**  
-```tomo
-func get(channel:|T|, front: Bool = yes -> T)
-```
-
-**Parameters:**
-
-- `channel`: The channel from which to remove an item.
-- `front`: Whether to put the item at the front of the channel (as opposed to the back).
-
-**Returns:**  
-The item removed from the channel.
-
-**Example:**  
-```tomo
->> channel:peek()
-= "Hello"
-```
-
----
-
-### `peek`
-
-**Description:**  
-Returns the next item that will come out of the channel, but without removing
-it. If the channel is empty, it waits until an item is available.
-
-**Signature:**  
-```tomo
-func peek(channel:|T|, front: Bool = yes -> T)
-```
-
-**Parameters:**
-
-- `channel`: The channel from which to remove an item.
-- `front`: Whether to put the item at the front of the channel (as opposed to the back).
-
-**Returns:**  
-The item removed from the channel.
-
-**Example:**  
-```tomo
->> channel:get()
-= "Hello"
-```
-
----
-
-### `clear`
-
-**Description:**  
-Removes all items from the channel.
-
-**Signature:**  
-```tomo
-func clear(channel:|T| -> Void)
-```
-
-**Parameters:**
-
-- `channel`: The mutable reference to the channel.
-
-**Returns:**  
-Nothing.
-
-**Example:**  
-```tomo
->> channel:clear()
-```
-
----
-
-### `view`
-
-**Description:**  
-Returns a list of all items currently in the channel without removing them.
-
-**Signature:**  
-```tomo
-func channel:view(->[T])
-```
-
-**Parameters:**
-
-- `channel`: The channel to view.
-
-**Returns:**  
-An array of items currently in the channel.
-
-**Example:**  
-```tomo
->> channel:view()
-= [1, 2, 3]
-```
diff --git a/docs/optionals.md b/docs/optionals.md
index 56b7ba16..84f886b7 100644
--- a/docs/optionals.md
+++ b/docs/optionals.md
@@ -127,9 +127,9 @@ for line in lines:
 ## Implementation Notes
 
 The implementation of optional types is highly efficient and has no memory
-overhead for pointers, collection types (arrays, sets, tables, channels),
-booleans, texts, enums, nums, or integers (`Int` type only). This is done by
-using carefully chosen values, such as `0` for pointers, `2` for booleans, or a
+overhead for pointers, collection types (arrays, sets, tables), booleans,
+texts, enums, nums, or integers (`Int` type only). This is done by using
+carefully chosen values, such as `0` for pointers, `2` for booleans, or a
 negative length for arrays. However, for fixed-size integers (`Int64`, `Int32`,
 `Int16`, and `Int8`), bytes, and structs, an additional byte is required for
 out-of-band information about whether the value is none or not.
diff --git a/docs/threads.md b/docs/threads.md
index 68fdf7d7..44f5967e 100644
--- a/docs/threads.md
+++ b/docs/threads.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Tomo supports POSIX threads (pthreads) through the `Thread` type. The
 recommended practice is to have each thread interact with other threads only
-through thread-safe Channels with no other shared data.
+through mutex-guarded datastructures.
 
 ## Thread Methods