syndisco.TurnManager

class TurnManager(actors: Iterable[Actor] | None = None)

Bases: Iterable, ABC

An abstract class specifying the selection of the next speaker in a Discussion.

make_instance() → Self

Return a fresh copy of this manager with static configuration preserved and per-discussion state reset.

Called once per discussion by DiscussionExperiment. Subclasses with additional stateful attributes should override this method and reset those attributes on the returned instance.

final next() → Actor

Get the username of the next speaker.

Raises:

ValueError – if no names have been provided from the constructor, or from the set_actors() method

Returns:

the next speaker’s username

Return type:

Actor

final set_actors(actors: Sequence[Actor]) → None

Initialize the manager by providing the names of the users.

Parameters:

names (Sequence[Actor]) – The participants.