7 commits

Author	SHA1	Message	Date
Simon Cruanes	772e6e6844	renamed Futures into Future	2013-03-20 15:27:44 +01:00
Simon Cruanes	1d2e514d45	parametrize Futures.Pool with lifetime of transient threads; also give them time to ... process jobs by increasing max_load temporarily	2013-03-20 10:54:26 +01:00
Simon Cruanes	c8b7b7dfed	added Futures.sleep function; ... Futures.MVar implemented; Futures.sequence implemented (quite subtle)	2013-03-19 17:12:26 +01:00
Simon Cruanes	9708c4b01c	Futures.MVar module (not implemented) for sharing values; ... handlers to attach on a future to react upon failure/success/termination; Futures.map implemented using handlers, flatMap also uses handlers (more lightweight); growable thread pool (transient threads are added when the number of waiting jobs is too high)	2013-03-19 16:11:38 +01:00
Simon Cruanes	23029332df	added Futures.is_done function; ... .ocamlinit file to import stuff in the toplevel	2013-03-19 15:10:41 +01:00
Simon Cruanes	41274c309e	implementation of Futures	2013-03-19 15:04:18 +01:00
Simon Cruanes	205d47e81d	interface for preemptive threading Futures	2013-03-19 14:35:19 +01:00