rust/src/libstd/rt/thread.rs

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use libc;
use ops::Drop;

#[allow(non_camel_case_types)] // runtime type
type raw_thread = libc::c_void;

pub struct Thread {
    main: ~fn(),
    raw_thread: *raw_thread,
    joined: bool
}

impl Thread {
    pub fn start(main: ~fn()) -> Thread {
        fn substart(main: &~fn()) -> *raw_thread {
            #[fixed_stack_segment]; #[inline(never)];

            unsafe { rust_raw_thread_start(main) }
        }
        let raw = substart(&main);
        Thread {
            main: main,
            raw_thread: raw,
            joined: false
        }
    }

    pub fn join(self) {
        #[fixed_stack_segment]; #[inline(never)];

        assert!(!self.joined);
        let mut this = self;
        unsafe { rust_raw_thread_join(this.raw_thread); }
        this.joined = true;
    }
}

impl Drop for Thread {
    fn drop(&self) {
        #[fixed_stack_segment]; #[inline(never)];

        assert!(self.joined);
        unsafe { rust_raw_thread_delete(self.raw_thread) }
    }
}

extern {
    pub fn rust_raw_thread_start(f: &(~fn())) -> *raw_thread;
    pub fn rust_raw_thread_join(thread: *raw_thread);
    pub fn rust_raw_thread_delete(thread: *raw_thread);
}