The Cimba C Library

The native C library is the engine behind Cimba Python. It owns the event queue, process scheduler, coroutine context switching, native resources, and random number generators.

Use the C docs when you need the deeper background:

• Cimba C documentation

• Cimba C tutorial

• Cimba C background

• Cimba C API reference

• Cimba C installation guide

The vendored source for those docs is in subprojects/cimba/docs. These Python docs follow the same Sphinx and Read the Docs theme setup, but are organized for Python users.

Mapping Python to Cimba C

Python API	Native concept
cimba.Simulation	Event queue, simulation clock, and random generator
cimba.Process, cimba.hold()	Stackful Cimba processes and process scheduling
cimba.Buffer	Numeric buffers with blocking put/get
cimba.ObjectQueue, cimba.PriorityQueue	Object queues and priority queues
cimba.Resource, cimba.ResourcePool	Binary and counting resources
Random functions	Cimba random number generators and distributions