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 * 
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 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
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 */


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#include <string.h>
#include "libguile/_scm.h"
#include "libguile/stackchk.h"
#include "libguile/dynwind.h"
#include "libguile/eval.h"
#include "libguile/smob.h"
#include "libguile/pairs.h"
#include "libguile/throw.h"
#include "libguile/fluids.h"
#include "libguile/ports.h"

#include "libguile/root.h"
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SCM scm_sys_protects[SCM_NUM_PROTECTS];

scm_t_bits scm_tc16_root;

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static SCM
root_mark (SCM root)
{
  scm_root_state *s = SCM_ROOT_STATE (root);

  scm_gc_mark (s->rootcont);
  scm_gc_mark (s->dynwinds);
  scm_gc_mark (s->progargs);
  scm_gc_mark (s->exitval);
  scm_gc_mark (s->cur_inp);
  scm_gc_mark (s->cur_outp);
  scm_gc_mark (s->cur_errp);
  /* No need to gc mark def_loadp */
  scm_gc_mark (s->fluids);
  scm_gc_mark (s->active_asyncs);
  scm_gc_mark (s->signal_asyncs);
  return SCM_ROOT_STATE (root) -> parent;
}


static int
root_print (SCM exp, SCM port, scm_print_state *pstate SCM_UNUSED)
{
  scm_puts ("#<root ", port);
  scm_intprint(SCM_SEQ (SCM_ROOT_STATE (exp) -> rootcont), 16, port);
  scm_putc('>', port);
  return 1;
}


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SCM
scm_make_root (SCM parent)
{
  SCM root;
  scm_root_state *root_state;

  root_state = (scm_root_state *) scm_gc_malloc (sizeof (scm_root_state),
						 "root state");
  if (SCM_ROOTP (parent))
    {
      memcpy (root_state, SCM_ROOT_STATE (parent), sizeof (scm_root_state));
      root_state->parent = parent;
    }
  else
    {
      root_state->parent = SCM_BOOL_F;

      /* Initialize everything right now, in case a GC happens early.  */
      root_state->rootcont
	= root_state->dynwinds
	= root_state->progargs
	= root_state->exitval
	= root_state->cur_inp
	= root_state->cur_outp
	= root_state->cur_errp
	= root_state->cur_loadp
	= root_state->fluids
	= root_state->handle
	= root_state->parent
	= SCM_BOOL_F;
    }
  
  root_state->active_asyncs = SCM_EOL;
  root_state->signal_asyncs = SCM_EOL;
  root_state->block_asyncs = 0;
  root_state->pending_asyncs = 1;

  SCM_NEWSMOB (root, scm_tc16_root, root_state);
  root_state->handle = root;
  
  if (SCM_ROOTP (parent))
    /* Must be done here so that fluids are GC protected */
    scm_copy_fluids (root_state);
  
  return root;
}

/* {call-with-dynamic-root}
 *
 * Suspending the current thread to evaluate a thunk on the
 * same C stack but under a new root.
 *
 * Calls to call-with-dynamic-root return exactly once (unless
 * the process is somehow exitted).  */

/* Some questions about cwdr:

   Couldn't the body just be a closure?  Do we really need to pass
   args through to it?

   The semantics are a lot like catch's; in fact, we call
   scm_internal_catch to take care of that part of things.  Wouldn't
   it be cleaner to say that uncaught throws just disappear into the
   ether (or print a message to stderr), and let the caller use catch
   themselves if they want to?

   -JimB */

#if 0
SCM scm_exitval;		/* INUM with return value */
#endif
static long n_dynamic_roots = 0;


/* cwdr fills out both of these structures, and then passes a pointer
   to them through scm_internal_catch to the cwdr_body and
   cwdr_handler functions, to tell them how to behave and to get
   information back from them.

   A cwdr is a lot like a catch, except there is no tag (all
   exceptions are caught), and the body procedure takes the arguments
   passed to cwdr as A1 and ARGS.  The handler is also special since
   it is not directly run from scm_internal_catch.  It is executed
   outside the new dynamic root. */

struct cwdr_body_data {
  /* Arguments to pass to the cwdr body function.  */
  SCM a1, args;

  /* Scheme procedure to use as body of cwdr.  */
  SCM body_proc;
};

struct cwdr_handler_data {
  /* Do we need to run the handler? */
  int run_handler;

  /* The tag and args to pass it. */
  SCM tag, args;
};


/* Invoke the body of a cwdr, assuming that the throw handler has
   already been set up.  DATA points to a struct set up by cwdr that
   says what proc to call, and what args to apply it to.

   With a little thought, we could replace this with scm_body_thunk,
   but I don't want to mess with that at the moment.  */
static SCM
cwdr_body (void *data)
{
  struct cwdr_body_data *c = (struct cwdr_body_data *) data;

  return scm_apply (c->body_proc, c->a1, c->args);
}

/* Record the fact that the body of the cwdr has thrown.  Record
   enough information to invoke the handler later when the dynamic
   root has been deestablished.  */

static SCM
cwdr_handler (void *data, SCM tag, SCM args)
{
  struct cwdr_handler_data *c = (struct cwdr_handler_data *) data;

  c->run_handler = 1;
  c->tag = tag;
  c->args = args;
  return SCM_UNSPECIFIED;
}

/* This is the basic code for new root creation.
 *
 * WARNING!  The order of actions in this routine is in many ways
 * critical.  E. g., it is essential that an error doesn't leave Guile
 * in a messed up state.  */

SCM 
scm_internal_cwdr (scm_t_catch_body body, void *body_data,
		   scm_t_catch_handler handler, void *handler_data,
		   SCM_STACKITEM *stack_start)
{
  SCM old_rootcont, old_winds;
  struct cwdr_handler_data my_handler_data;
  SCM answer;

  /* Create a fresh root continuation.  */
  {
    SCM new_rootcont;

    SCM_REDEFER_INTS;
    {
      scm_t_contregs *contregs = scm_gc_malloc (sizeof (scm_t_contregs),
						"continuation");

      contregs->num_stack_items = 0;
      contregs->dynenv = SCM_EOL;
      contregs->base = stack_start;
      contregs->seq = ++n_dynamic_roots;
      contregs->throw_value = SCM_BOOL_F;
#ifdef DEBUG_EXTENSIONS
      contregs->dframe = 0;
#endif
      SCM_NEWSMOB (new_rootcont, scm_tc16_continuation, contregs);
    }
    old_rootcont = scm_rootcont;
    scm_rootcont = new_rootcont;
    SCM_REALLOW_INTS;
  }

  /* Exit caller's dynamic state.
   */
  old_winds = scm_dynwinds;
  scm_dowinds (SCM_EOL, scm_ilength (scm_dynwinds));
#ifdef DEBUG_EXTENSIONS
  SCM_DFRAME (old_rootcont) = scm_last_debug_frame;
  scm_last_debug_frame = 0;
#endif

  {
    my_handler_data.run_handler = 0;
    answer = scm_internal_catch (SCM_BOOL_T,
				 body, body_data,
				 cwdr_handler, &my_handler_data);
  }

  scm_dowinds (old_winds, - scm_ilength (old_winds));
  SCM_REDEFER_INTS;
#ifdef DEBUG_EXTENSIONS
  scm_last_debug_frame = SCM_DFRAME (old_rootcont);
#endif
  scm_rootcont = old_rootcont;
  SCM_REALLOW_INTS;

  /* Now run the real handler iff the body did a throw. */
  if (my_handler_data.run_handler)
    return handler (handler_data, my_handler_data.tag, my_handler_data.args);
  else
    return answer;
}

/* The original CWDR for invoking Scheme code with a Scheme handler. */

static SCM 
cwdr (SCM proc, SCM a1, SCM args, SCM handler, SCM_STACKITEM *stack_start)
{
  struct cwdr_body_data c;
  
  c.a1 = a1;
  c.args = args;
  c.body_proc = proc;

  return scm_internal_cwdr (cwdr_body, &c,
			    scm_handle_by_proc, &handler,
			    stack_start);
}

SCM_DEFINE (scm_call_with_dynamic_root, "call-with-dynamic-root", 2, 0, 0,
           (SCM thunk, SCM handler),
	    "Evaluate @code{(thunk)} in a new dynamic context, returning its value.\n\n"
	    "If an error occurs during evaluation, apply @var{handler} to the\n"
	    "arguments to the throw, just as @code{throw} would.  If this happens,\n"
	    "@var{handler} is called outside the scope of the new root -- it is\n"
	    "called in the same dynamic context in which\n"
	    "@code{call-with-dynamic-root} was evaluated.\n\n"
	    "If @var{thunk} captures a continuation, the continuation is rooted at\n"
	    "the call to @var{thunk}.  In particular, the call to\n"
	    "@code{call-with-dynamic-root} is not captured.  Therefore,\n"
	    "@code{call-with-dynamic-root} always returns at most one time.\n\n"
	    "Before calling @var{thunk}, the dynamic-wind chain is un-wound back to\n"
	    "the root and a new chain started for @var{thunk}.  Therefore, this call\n"
	    "may not do what you expect:\n\n"
	    "@lisp\n"
	    ";; Almost certainly a bug:\n"
	    "(with-output-to-port\n"
	    " some-port\n\n"
	    " (lambda ()\n"
	    "   (call-with-dynamic-root\n"
	    "    (lambda ()\n"
	    "      (display 'fnord)\n"
	    "      (newline))\n"
	    "    (lambda (errcode) errcode))))\n"
	    "@end lisp\n\n"
	    "The problem is, on what port will @samp{fnord} be displayed?  You\n"
	    "might expect that because of the @code{with-output-to-port} that\n"
	    "it will be displayed on the port bound to @code{some-port}.  But it\n"
	    "probably won't -- before evaluating the thunk, dynamic winds are\n"
	    "unwound, including those created by @code{with-output-to-port}.\n"
	    "So, the standard output port will have been re-set to its default value\n"
	    "before @code{display} is evaluated.\n\n"
	    "(This function was added to Guile mostly to help calls to functions in C\n"
	    "libraries that can not tolerate non-local exits or calls that return\n"
	    "multiple times.  If such functions call back to the interpreter, it should\n"
	    "be under a new dynamic root.)")
#define FUNC_NAME s_scm_call_with_dynamic_root
{
  SCM_STACKITEM stack_place;
  return cwdr (thunk, SCM_EOL, SCM_EOL, handler, &stack_place);
}
#undef FUNC_NAME

SCM_DEFINE (scm_dynamic_root, "dynamic-root", 0, 0, 0, 
           (),
	    "Return an object representing the current dynamic root.\n\n"
	    "These objects are only useful for comparison using @code{eq?}.\n"
	    "They are currently represented as numbers, but your code should\n"
	    "in no way depend on this.")
#define FUNC_NAME s_scm_dynamic_root
{
  return scm_ulong2num (SCM_SEQ (scm_root->rootcont));
}
#undef FUNC_NAME

SCM
scm_apply_with_dynamic_root (SCM proc, SCM a1, SCM args, SCM handler)
{
  SCM_STACKITEM stack_place;
  return cwdr (proc, a1, args, handler, &stack_place);
}

\f

void
scm_init_root ()
{
  scm_tc16_root = scm_make_smob_type ("root", sizeof (struct scm_root_state));
  scm_set_smob_mark (scm_tc16_root, root_mark);
  scm_set_smob_print (scm_tc16_root, root_print);

#include "libguile/root.x"
}

/*
  Local Variables:
  c-file-style: "gnu"
  End:
*/