* scheme-io.texi: Removed obsolete section Binary IO. Added

[bpt/guile.git] / libguile / threads.h

/* classes: h_files */

#ifndef THREADSH
#define THREADSH

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/* Software engineering face-lift by Greg J. Badros, 11-Dec-1999,
   gjb@cs.washington.edu, http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/gjb */
\f

#include "libguile/__scm.h"
#include "libguile/procs.h"
#include "libguile/throw.h"

\f

/* smob tags for the thread datatypes */
extern scm_bits_t scm_tc16_thread;
extern scm_bits_t scm_tc16_mutex;
extern scm_bits_t scm_tc16_condvar;

#define SCM_THREADP(x)      SCM_TYP16_PREDICATE (scm_tc16_thread, x)
#define SCM_THREAD_DATA(x)  ((void *) SCM_CELL_WORD_1 (x))

#define SCM_MUTEXP(x)       SCM_TYP16_PREDICATE (scm_tc16_mutex, x)
#define SCM_MUTEX_DATA(x)   ((void *) SCM_CELL_WORD_1 (x))

#define SCM_CONDVARP(x)     SCM_TYP16_PREDICATE (scm_tc16_condvar, x)
#define SCM_CONDVAR_DATA(x) ((void *) SCM_CELL_WORD_1 (x))

/* Initialize implementation specific details of the threads support */
void scm_threads_init (SCM_STACKITEM *);
void scm_threads_mark_stacks (void);
void scm_init_threads (SCM_STACKITEM *);

/* */
SCM scm_threads_make_mutex (void);
SCM scm_threads_lock_mutex (SCM);
SCM scm_threads_unlock_mutex (SCM);
SCM scm_threads_monitor (void);

SCM scm_spawn_thread (scm_catch_body_t body, void *body_data,
		      scm_catch_handler_t handler, void *handler_data);

/* These are versions of the ordinary sleep and usleep functions,
   that play nicely with the thread system.  */
unsigned long scm_thread_sleep (unsigned long);
unsigned long scm_thread_usleep (unsigned long);


/* The C versions of the Scheme-visible thread functions.  */
#ifdef USE_COOP_THREADS
extern SCM scm_single_thread_p (void);
#endif
extern SCM scm_yield (void);
extern SCM scm_call_with_new_thread (SCM argl);
extern SCM scm_join_thread (SCM t);
extern SCM scm_make_mutex (void);
extern SCM scm_lock_mutex (SCM m);
extern SCM scm_unlock_mutex (SCM m);
extern SCM scm_make_condition_variable (void);
extern SCM scm_wait_condition_variable (SCM cond, SCM mutex);
extern SCM scm_signal_condition_variable (SCM cond);

#ifdef USE_COOP_THREADS
#include "libguile/coop-defs.h"
#endif

#endif  /* THREADSH */

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