source: CIVL/mods/dev.civl.com/examples/concurrency/dining.cvl@ cb4d4f4

/* Dining philosophers with fork switching. Even philosophers pick
 * up left fork first, odd pick up right first.  This breaks deadlock.
 *
 *       civl verify -inputBOUND=4 dining.cvl
 */
#include <civlc.cvh>
#include <domain.cvh>

$input int BOUND = 4; // upper bound on number of philosophers
$input int n;         // number of philosophers
$assume(2<=n && n<=BOUND);

// Each fork will be on the table (-1) or in a hand (0-(n-1)).
int forks[n];

void dine(int id) {
  int left = id;
  int right = (id + 1) % n;

  while (1) {
    if (id % 2 == 0) {
      $when (forks[left] < 0) {forks[left] = id;}
      $when (forks[right] < 0) {forks[right] = id;}
      forks[right] = -1;
      forks[left] = -1;
    } else {
      $when (forks[right] < 0) {forks[right] = id;}
      $when (forks[left] < 0) {forks[left] = id;}
      forks[right] = -1;
      forks[left] = -1;
    }
  }
}

/* Put all forks on the table. */
void init() {
  $for (int i : 0 .. n-1) 
    forks[i] = -1;
}

void main() { 
  init();
  $parfor(int i: 0 .. n-1)
    dine(i);
}