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42 ;;;; ----------------------------------------------------------------
43 ;;;; threads.scm -- User-level interface to Guile's thread system
44 ;;;; 4 March 1996, Anthony Green <green@cygnus.com>
45 ;;;; Modified 5 October 1996, MDJ <djurfeldt@nada.kth.se>
46 ;;;; Modified 6 April 2001, ttn
47 ;;;; ----------------------------------------------------------------
48 ;;;;
49 \f
50 ;;; Commentary:
51
52 ;; This module is documented in the Guile Reference Manual.
53 ;; Briefly, one procedure is exported: `%thread-handler';
54 ;; as well as four macros: `make-thread', `begin-thread',
55 ;; `with-mutex' and `monitor'.
56
57 ;;; Code:
58
59 (define-module (ice-9 threads))
60
61 \f
62
63 (define (%thread-handler tag . args)
64 (fluid-set! the-last-stack #f)
65 (unmask-signals)
66 (let ((n (length args))
67 (p (current-error-port)))
68 (display "In thread:" p)
69 (newline p)
70 (if (>= n 3)
71 (display-error #f
72 p
73 (car args)
74 (cadr args)
75 (caddr args)
76 (if (= n 4)
77 (cadddr args)
78 '()))
79 (begin
80 (display "uncaught throw to " p)
81 (display tag p)
82 (display ": " p)
83 (display args p)
84 (newline p)))))
85
86 ; --- MACROS -------------------------------------------------------
87
88 (defmacro make-thread (proc . args)
89 `(call-with-new-thread
90 (lambda ()
91 (,proc ,@args))
92 %thread-handler))
93
94 (defmacro begin-thread (first . rest)
95 `(call-with-new-thread
96 (lambda ()
97 (begin
98 ,first ,@rest))
99 %thread-handler))
100
101 (defmacro with-mutex (m . body)
102 `(dynamic-wind
103 (lambda () (lock-mutex ,m))
104 (lambda () (begin ,@body))
105 (lambda () (unlock-mutex ,m))))
106
107 (defmacro monitor (first . rest)
108 `(with-mutex ,(make-mutex)
109 (begin
110 ,first ,@rest)))
111
112 ;; export
113
114 (export %thread-handler)
115
116 (export-syntax make-thread
117 begin-thread
118 with-mutex
119 monitor)
120
121 ;;; threads.scm ends here