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
*)
(**/**)
module Private_ : sig
type 'a state
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;
}
(** Type definition, exposed so that {!any} can be unboxed.
Please do not rely on that. *)
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 cancel_callback = Exn_bt.t -> unit
(** Type erased fiber *)
type any = Any : _ t -> any [@@unboxed]
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 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 Failure if not. *)
val yield : unit -> unit
(** Yield control to the scheduler from the current fiber.
@raise Failure if not run from inside a fiber. *)
val with_cancel_callback : _ t -> cancel_callback -> (unit -> 'a) -> 'a
(** [with_cancel_callback 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_self_cancel_callback : cancel_callback -> (unit -> 'a) -> 'a
(** [with_self_cancel_callback cb f] calls [f()] in a scope where
[cb] is added to the cancel callbacks of the current fiber *)
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_link : protect:bool -> (unit -> 'a) -> 'a t
(** [spawn_link ~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 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]).
Must be run from inside a fiber.
@raise Failure if not run from inside a fiber. *)