moonpool/src/fib/fiber.mli
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(** Fibers.
A fiber is a lightweight computation that runs cooperatively
alongside other fibers. In the context of moonpool, fibers
have additional properties:
- they run in a moonpool runner
- they form a simple supervision tree, enabling a limited form
of structured concurrency
*)
type cancel_callback = Exn_bt.t -> unit
(** A callback used in case of cancellation *)
(**/**)
(** Do not rely on this, it is internal implementation details. *)
module Private_ : sig
type 'a state
type pfiber
type 'a t = private {
id: Handle.t; (** unique identifier for this fiber *)
state: 'a state Atomic.t; (** Current state in the lifetime of the fiber *)
res: 'a Fut.t;
runner: Runner.t;
pfiber: pfiber;
}
(** Type definition, exposed so that {!any} can be unboxed.
Please do not rely on that. *)
type any = Any : _ t -> any [@@unboxed]
exception Not_set
val get_cur_exn : unit -> any
(** [get_cur_exn ()] either returns the current fiber, or
@raise Not_set if run outside a fiber. *)
val get_cur_opt : unit -> any option
end
(**/**)
type 'a t = 'a Private_.t
(** A fiber returning a value of type ['a]. *)
val res : 'a t -> 'a Fut.t
(** Future result of the fiber. *)
type 'a callback = 'a Exn_bt.result -> unit
(** Callbacks that are called when a fiber is done. *)
(** Type erased fiber *)
type any = Private_.any = Any : _ t -> any [@@unboxed]
val return : 'a -> 'a t
val fail : Exn_bt.t -> _ t
val self : unit -> any
(** [self ()] is the current fiber.
Must be run from inside a fiber.
@raise Failure if not run from inside a fiber. *)
val peek : 'a t -> 'a Fut.or_error option
(** Peek inside the future result *)
val is_done : _ t -> bool
(** Has the fiber completed? *)
val is_cancelled : _ t -> bool
(** Has the fiber completed with a failure? *)
val is_success : _ t -> bool
(** Has the fiber completed with a value? *)
val await : 'a t -> 'a
(** [await fib] is like [Fut.await (res fib)] *)
val wait_block_exn : 'a t -> 'a
(** [wait_block_exn fib] is [Fut.wait_block_exn (res fib)].
{b NOTE}: See {!Fut.wait_block} for warnings about deadlocks. *)
val wait_block : 'a t -> 'a Fut.or_error
(** [wait_block fib] is [Fut.wait_block (res fib)].
{b NOTE}: See {!Fut.wait_block} for warnings about deadlocks. *)
val check_if_cancelled : unit -> unit
(** Check if the current fiber is cancelled, in which case this raises.
Must be run from inside a fiber.
@raise e if the current fiber is cancelled with exception [e]
@raise Failure if not run from a fiber. *)
val yield : unit -> unit
(** Yield control to the scheduler from the current fiber.
@raise Failure if not run from inside a fiber. *)
type cancel_handle
(** An opaque handle for a single cancel callback in a fiber *)
val add_on_cancel : _ t -> cancel_callback -> cancel_handle
(** [add_on_cancel fib cb] adds [cb] to the list of cancel callbacks
for [fib]. If [fib] is already cancelled, [cb] is called immediately. *)
val remove_on_cancel : _ t -> cancel_handle -> unit
(** [remove_on_cancel fib h] removes the cancel callback
associated with handle [h]. *)
val with_on_cancel : _ t -> cancel_callback -> (unit -> 'a) -> 'a
(** [with_on_cancel fib cb (fun () -> <e>)] evaluates [e]
in a scope in which, if the fiber [fib] is cancelled,
[cb()] is called. If [e] returns without the fiber being cancelled,
this callback is removed. *)
val with_on_self_cancel : cancel_callback -> (unit -> 'a) -> 'a
(** [with_on_self_cancel cb f] calls [f()] in a scope where
[cb] is added to the cancel callbacks of the current fiber;
and [f()] terminates, [cb] is removed from the list. *)
val on_result : 'a t -> 'a callback -> unit
(** Wait for fiber to be done and call the callback
with the result. If the fiber is done already then the
callback is invoked immediately with its result. *)
val spawn_top : on:Runner.t -> (unit -> 'a) -> 'a t
(** [spawn_top ~on f] spawns a new (toplevel) fiber onto the given runner.
This fiber is not the child of any other fiber: its lifetime
is only determined by the lifetime of [f()]. *)
val spawn : ?on:Runner.t -> ?protect:bool -> (unit -> 'a) -> 'a t
(** [spawn ~protect f] spawns a sub-fiber [f_child]
from a running fiber [parent].
The sub-fiber [f_child] is attached to the current fiber and fails
if the current fiber [parent] fails.
@param on if provided, start the fiber on the given runner. If not
provided, use the parent's runner.
@param protect if true, when [f_child] fails, it does not
affect [parent]. If false, [f_child] failing also
causes [parent] to fail (and therefore all other children
of [parent]). Default is [true].
Must be run from inside a fiber.
@raise Failure if not run from inside a fiber. *)
val spawn_ignore : ?protect:bool -> (unit -> _) -> unit
(** [spawn_ignore f] is [ignore (spawn f)].
The fiber will still affect termination of the parent, ie. the
parent will exit only after this new fiber exits. *)
val spawn_top_ignore : on:Runner.t -> (unit -> _) -> unit
(** Like {!spawn_top} but ignores the result.
@since 0.7 *)