// Copyright 2012-2013 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 * * ~~~ {.rust} * # fn fib(n: uint) -> uint {42}; * # fn make_a_sandwich() {}; * let mut delayed_fib = extra::future::spawn (|| fib(5000) ); * make_a_sandwich(); * println(fmt!("fib(5000) = %?", delayed_fib.get())) * ~~~ */ #[allow(missing_doc)]; use std::cast; use std::cell::Cell; use std::comm::{PortOne, oneshot, send_one, recv_one}; use std::task; use std::util::replace; #[doc = "The future type"] pub struct Future { priv state: FutureState, } // n.b. It should be possible to get rid of this. // Add a test, though -- tjc // 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 drop(&self) {} } priv enum FutureState { Pending(~fn() -> A), Evaluating, Forced(A) } /// Methods on the `future` type impl Future { pub fn get(&mut self) -> A { //! Get the value of the future. (*(self.get_ref())).clone() } } impl Future { pub fn get_ref<'a>(&'a mut 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 state = replace(&mut self.state, Evaluating); match state { Forced(_) | Evaluating => fail!("Logic error."), Pending(f) => { self.state = Forced(f()); cast::transmute(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::new(port); do from_fn { recv_one(port.take()) } } 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 retrieved 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::new(chan); do task::spawn { let chan = chan.take(); send_one(chan, blk()); } return from_port(port); } #[cfg(test)] mod test { use future::*; use std::cell::Cell; use std::comm::{oneshot, send_one}; use std::task; #[test] fn test_from_value() { let mut f = from_value(~"snail"); assert_eq!(f.get(), ~"snail"); } #[test] fn test_from_port() { let (po, ch) = oneshot(); send_one(ch, ~"whale"); let mut f = from_port(po); assert_eq!(f.get(), ~"whale"); } #[test] fn test_from_fn() { let mut f = from_fn(|| ~"brail"); assert_eq!(f.get(), ~"brail"); } #[test] fn test_interface_get() { let mut f = from_value(~"fail"); assert_eq!(f.get(), ~"fail"); } #[test] fn test_get_ref_method() { let mut f = from_value(22); assert_eq!(*f.get_ref(), 22); } #[test] fn test_spawn() { let mut f = spawn(|| ~"bale"); assert_eq!(f.get(), ~"bale"); } #[test] #[should_fail] #[ignore(cfg(target_os = "win32"))] fn test_futurefail() { let mut f = spawn(|| fail!()); let _x: ~str = f.get(); } #[test] fn test_sendable_future() { let expected = "schlorf"; let f = Cell::new(do spawn { expected }); do task::spawn { let mut f = f.take(); let actual = f.get(); assert_eq!(actual, expected); } } }