* futures.h, futures.c: New files; Introduced recycling of
[bpt/guile.git] / libguile / futures.h
1 /* classes: h_files */
2
3 #ifndef SCM_FUTURES_H
4 #define SCM_FUTURES_H
5
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46
47 \f
48
49 #include "libguile/__scm.h"
50 #include "libguile/threads.h"
51
52 \f
53
54 typedef struct scm_t_future {
55 SCM data;
56 scm_t_mutex mutex;
57 scm_t_cond cond;
58 int status;
59 int die_p;
60 } scm_t_future;
61
62 #define SCM_FUTURE_DEAD 0
63 #define SCM_FUTURE_SIGNAL_ME -1
64 #define SCM_FUTURE_COMPUTING 1
65 #define SCM_FUTURE_TASK_ASSIGNED 2
66
67 #define SCM_VALIDATE_FUTURE(pos, obj) \
68 SCM_ASSERT_TYPE (SCM_TYP16_PREDICATE (scm_tc16_future, obj), \
69 obj, pos, FUNC_NAME, "future");
70 #define SCM_FUTURE(future) ((scm_t_future *) SCM_CELL_WORD_2 (future))
71 #define SCM_FUTURE_MUTEX(future) (&SCM_FUTURE (future)->mutex)
72 #define SCM_FUTURE_COND(future) (&SCM_FUTURE (future)->cond)
73 #define SCM_FUTURE_STATUS(future) (SCM_FUTURE (future)->status)
74 #define SCM_SET_FUTURE_STATUS(future, x) \
75 do { SCM_FUTURE (future)->status = (x); } while (0)
76 #define SCM_FUTURE_ALIVE_P(future) (SCM_FUTURE_STATUS (future))
77 #define SCM_FUTURE_DATA(future) (SCM_FUTURE (future)->data)
78 #define SCM_SET_FUTURE_DATA(future, x) \
79 do { SCM_FUTURE (future)->data = (x); } while (0)
80 #define SCM_FUTURE_NEXT SCM_CELL_OBJECT_1
81 #define SCM_FUTURE_NEXTLOC(x) ((SCM *) SCM_CELL_WORD_LOC ((x), 1))
82 #define SCM_SET_FUTURE_NEXT SCM_SET_CELL_OBJECT_1
83
84 SCM_API scm_t_bits scm_tc16_future;
85
86 extern SCM *scm_loc_sys_thread_handler;
87
88 SCM_API SCM scm_i_make_future (SCM thunk);
89 SCM_API SCM scm_make_future (SCM thunk);
90 SCM_API SCM scm_future_ref (SCM future);
91
92 void scm_init_futures (void);
93
94 #endif /* SCM_FUTURES_H */
95
96 /*
97 Local Variables:
98 c-file-style: "gnu"
99 End:
100 */