Add documentation for scoped threads.

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Mara Bos 2022-01-04 15:57:09 +01:00
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use crate::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
use crate::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
/// TODO: documentation
/// A scope to spawn scoped threads in.
///
/// See [`scope`] for details.
pub struct Scope<'env> {
data: ScopeData,
env: PhantomData<&'env ()>,
}
/// TODO: documentation
/// An owned permission to join on a scoped thread (block on its termination).
///
/// See [`Scope::spawn`] for details.
pub struct ScopedJoinHandle<'scope, T>(JoinInner<'scope, T>);
pub(super) struct ScopeData {
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}
}
/// TODO: documentation
/// Create a scope for spawning scoped threads.
///
/// The function passed to `scope` will be provided a [`Scope`] object,
/// through which scoped threads can be [spawned][`Scope::spawn`].
///
/// Unlike non-scoped threads, scoped threads can non-`'static` data,
/// as the scope guarantees all threads will be joined at the end of the scope.
///
/// All threads spawned within the scope that haven't been manually joined
/// will be automatically joined before this function returns.
///
/// # Panics
///
/// If any of the automatically joined threads panicked, this function will panic.
///
/// If you want to handle panics from spawned threads,
/// [`join`][ScopedJoinHandle::join] them before the end of the scope.
///
/// # Example
///
/// ```
/// #![feature(scoped_threads)]
/// use std::thread;
///
/// let mut a = vec![1, 2, 3];
/// let mut x = 0;
///
/// thread::scope(|s| {
/// s.spawn(|_| {
/// println!("hello from the first scoped thread");
/// // We can borrow `a` here.
/// dbg!(&a);
/// });
/// s.spawn(|_| {
/// println!("hello from the second scoped thread");
/// // We can even mutably borrow `x` here,
/// // because no other threads are using it.
/// x += a[0] + a[2];
/// });
/// println!("hello from the main thread");
/// });
///
/// // After the scope, we can modify and access our variables again:
/// a.push(4);
/// assert_eq!(x, a.len());
/// ```
pub fn scope<'env, F, T>(f: F) -> T
where
F: FnOnce(&Scope<'env>) -> T,
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}
impl<'env> Scope<'env> {
/// TODO: documentation
/// Spawns a new thread within a scope, returning a [`ScopedJoinHandle`] for it.
///
/// Unlike non-scoped threads, threads spawned with this function may
/// borrow non-`'static` data from the outside the scope. See [`scope`] for
/// details.
///
/// The join handle provides a [`join`] method that can be used to join the spawned
/// thread. If the spawned thread panics, [`join`] will return an [`Err`] containing
/// the panic payload.
///
/// If the join handle is dropped, the spawned thread will implicitly joined at the
/// end of the scope. In that case, if the spawned thread panics, [`scope`] will
/// panic after all threads are joined.
///
/// This call will create a thread using default parameters of [`Builder`].
/// If you want to specify the stack size or the name of the thread, use
/// [`Builder::spawn_scoped`] instead.
///
/// # Panics
///
/// Panics if the OS fails to create a thread; use [`Builder::spawn`]
/// to recover from such errors.
///
/// [`join`]: ScopedJoinHandle::join
pub fn spawn<'scope, F, T>(&'scope self, f: F) -> ScopedJoinHandle<'scope, T>
where
F: FnOnce(&Scope<'env>) -> T + Send + 'env,
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}
impl Builder {
fn spawn_scoped<'scope, 'env, F, T>(
/// Spawns a new scoped thread using the settings set through this `Builder`.
///
/// Unlike [`Scope::spawn`], this method yields an [`io::Result`] to
/// capture any failure to create the thread at the OS level.
///
/// [`io::Result`]: crate::io::Result
///
/// # Panics
///
/// Panics if a thread name was set and it contained null bytes.
///
/// # Example
///
/// ```
/// #![feature(scoped_threads)]
/// use std::thread;
///
/// let mut a = vec![1, 2, 3];
/// let mut x = 0;
///
/// thread::scope(|s| {
/// thread::Builder::new()
/// .name("first".to_string())
/// .spawn_scoped(s, |_|
/// {
/// println!("hello from the {:?} scoped thread", thread::current().name());
/// // We can borrow `a` here.
/// dbg!(&a);
/// })
/// .unwrap();
/// thread::Builder::new()
/// .name("second".to_string())
/// .spawn_scoped(s, |_|
/// {
/// println!("hello from the {:?} scoped thread", thread::current().name());
/// // We can even mutably borrow `x` here,
/// // because no other threads are using it.
/// x += a[0] + a[2];
/// })
/// .unwrap();
/// println!("hello from the main thread");
/// });
///
/// // After the scope, we can modify and access our variables again:
/// a.push(4);
/// assert_eq!(x, a.len());
/// ```
pub fn spawn_scoped<'scope, 'env, F, T>(
self,
scope: &'scope Scope<'env>,
f: F,
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}
impl<'scope, T> ScopedJoinHandle<'scope, T> {
/// TODO
pub fn join(self) -> Result<T> {
self.0.join()
}
/// TODO
/// Extracts a handle to the underlying thread.
///
/// # Examples
///
/// ```
/// #![feature(scoped_threads)]
/// #![feature(thread_is_running)]
///
/// use std::thread;
///
/// thread::scope(|s| {
/// let t = s.spawn(|_| {
/// println!("hello");
/// });
/// println!("thread id: {:?}", t.thread().id());
/// });
/// ```
#[must_use]
pub fn thread(&self) -> &Thread {
&self.0.thread
}
/// Waits for the associated thread to finish.
///
/// This function will return immediately if the associated thread has already finished.
///
/// In terms of [atomic memory orderings], the completion of the associated
/// thread synchronizes with this function returning.
/// In other words, all operations performed by that thread
/// [happen before](https://doc.rust-lang.org/nomicon/atomics.html#data-accesses)
/// all operations that happen after `join` returns.
///
/// If the associated thread panics, [`Err`] is returned with the panic payload.
///
/// [atomic memory orderings]: crate::sync::atomic
///
/// # Examples
///
/// ```
/// #![feature(scoped_threads)]
/// #![feature(thread_is_running)]
///
/// use std::thread;
///
/// thread::scope(|s| {
/// let t = s.spawn(|_| {
/// panic!("oh no");
/// });
/// assert!(t.join().is_err());
/// });
/// ```
pub fn join(self) -> Result<T> {
self.0.join()
}
/// Checks if the the associated thread is still running its main function.
///
/// This might return `false` for a brief moment after the thread's main