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condition
Combined from primary sources listed below.

In X::Phaser::PrePost§

See primary documentation in context for method condition. 

method condition(--> Str:D)

Returns the part of the source code that describes the phaser condition.

In Lock§

See primary documentation in context for method condition. 

method condition(Lock:D: )

Returns a condition variable as a Lock::ConditionVariable object. Check this article or the Wikipedia for background on condition variables and how they relate to locks and mutexes.

my $l = Lock.new;
$l.condition;

You should use a condition over a lock when you want an interaction with it that is a bit more complex than simply acquiring or releasing the lock.

constant ITEMS = 100;
my $lock = Lock.new;
my $cond = $lock.condition;
my $todo = 0;
my $done = 0;
my @in = 1..ITEMS;
my @out = 0 xx ITEMS;

loop ( my $i = 0; $i < @in; $i++ ) {
    my $in := @in[$i];
    my $out := @out[$i];
    Thread.start( {
      my $partial = $in² +1;
      if $partial.is-prime {
          $out = $partial but "Prime";
      } else {
          $out = $partial;
      }
      $lock.protect( {
         $done++;
         $cond.signal if $done == $todo;
      } );
    } );
    $todo++;
}
$lock.protect( {
    $cond.wait({  $done == $todo } );
});

say @out.map: { $_.^roles > 2 ?? $_.Num ~ "*" !! $_ };
# OUTPUT: «2* 5* 10 17* 26 37* 50 65 82 101* … »

In this case, we use the condition variable $cond to wait until all numbers have been generated and checked and also to .signal to another thread to wake up when the particular thread is done.