actorValues

actorValues is a concept used in actor-based programming and concurrent systems. It refers to the state or data that an actor holds and manages. Actors are independent computational entities that communicate with each other by sending and receiving messages. The actorValues are the private data and mutable state that each actor encapsulates. This encapsulation is a key principle, ensuring that an actor's internal state can only be modified by the actor itself, through the processing of incoming messages.

When an actor receives a message, it can perform actions based on that message, which may include updating its own actorValues, creating new actors, or sending messages to other actors. The crucial aspect of actorValues is that they are not directly accessible or modifiable by other actors. This isolation prevents race conditions and simplifies reasoning about concurrent programs. Instead of shared mutable state, which is a common source of bugs in traditional multithreaded programming, actors rely on message passing and their internal actorValues to manage state. This approach promotes robustness and scalability in distributed and highly concurrent applications.