// Copyright 2012 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT // file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at // http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT. // // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 or the MIT license // , at your // option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed // except according to those terms. /*! * A type representing values that may be computed concurrently and * operations for working with them. * * # Example * * ~~~ * let delayed_fib = future::spawn {|| fib(5000) }; * make_a_sandwich(); * io::println(fmt!("fib(5000) = %?", delayed_fib.get())) * ~~~ */ use core::cast; use core::cell::Cell; use core::comm::{PortOne, oneshot, send_one}; use core::pipes::recv; use core::task; #[doc = "The future type"] pub struct Future { priv mut state: FutureState, } // FIXME(#2829) -- futures should not be copyable, because they close // over ~fn's that have pipes and so forth within! #[unsafe_destructor] impl Drop for Future { fn finalize(&self) {} } priv enum FutureState { Pending(~fn() -> A), Evaluating, Forced(A) } /// Methods on the `future` type pub impl Future { fn get(&self) -> A { //! Get the value of the future *(self.get_ref()) } } pub impl Future { fn get_ref<'a>(&'a self) -> &'a A { /*! * Executes the future's closure and then returns a borrowed * pointer to the result. The borrowed pointer lasts as long as * the future. */ unsafe { match self.state { Forced(ref mut v) => { return cast::transmute(v); } Evaluating => fail!(~"Recursive forcing of future!"), Pending(_) => {} } let mut state = Evaluating; self.state <-> state; match state { Forced(_) | Evaluating => fail!(~"Logic error."), Pending(f) => { self.state = Forced(f()); self.get_ref() } } } } } pub fn from_value(val: A) -> Future { /*! * Create a future from a value * * The value is immediately available and calling `get` later will * not block. */ Future {state: Forced(val)} } pub fn from_port(port: PortOne) -> Future { /*! * Create a future from a port * * The first time that the value is requested the task will block * waiting for the result to be received on the port. */ let port = Cell(port); do from_fn || { let port = port.take().unwrap(); match recv(port) { oneshot::send(data) => data } } } pub fn from_fn(f: ~fn() -> A) -> Future { /*! * Create a future from a function. * * The first time that the value is requested it will be retreived by * calling the function. Note that this function is a local * function. It is not spawned into another task. */ Future {state: Pending(f)} } pub fn spawn(blk: ~fn() -> A) -> Future { /*! * Create a future from a unique closure. * * The closure will be run in a new task and its result used as the * value of the future. */ let (port, chan) = oneshot(); let chan = Cell(chan); do task::spawn { let chan = chan.take(); send_one(chan, blk()); } return from_port(port); } #[allow(non_implicitly_copyable_typarams)] #[cfg(test)] mod test { use future::*; use core::comm::{oneshot, send_one}; use core::task; #[test] fn test_from_value() { let f = from_value(~"snail"); assert!(f.get() == ~"snail"); } #[test] fn test_from_port() { let (po, ch) = oneshot(); send_one(ch, ~"whale"); let f = from_port(po); assert!(f.get() == ~"whale"); } #[test] fn test_from_fn() { let f = from_fn(|| ~"brail"); assert!(f.get() == ~"brail"); } #[test] fn test_interface_get() { let f = from_value(~"fail"); assert!(f.get() == ~"fail"); } #[test] fn test_get_ref_method() { let f = from_value(22); assert!(*f.get_ref() == 22); } #[test] fn test_spawn() { let f = spawn(|| ~"bale"); assert!(f.get() == ~"bale"); } #[test] #[should_fail] #[ignore(cfg(target_os = "win32"))] fn test_futurefail() { let f = spawn(|| fail!()); let _x: ~str = f.get(); } #[test] fn test_sendable_future() { let expected = ~"schlorf"; let f = do spawn { copy expected }; do task::spawn || { let actual = f.get(); assert!(actual == expected); } } }