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/*!
This crate provides an implementation of a multi-producer, multi-consumer
channel. Channels come in three varieties:
1. Asynchronous channels. Sends never block. Its buffer is only limited by the
available resources on the system.
2. Synchronous buffered channels. Sends block when the buffer is full. The
buffer is depleted by receiving on the channel.
3. Rendezvous channels (synchronous channels without a buffer). Sends block
until a receive has consumed the value sent. When a sender and receiver
synchronize, they are said to *rendezvous*.
Asynchronous channels are created with `chan::async()`. Synchronous channels
are created with `chan::sync(k)` where `k` is the buffer size. Rendezvous
channels are created with `chan::sync(0)`.
All channels are split into the same two types upon creation: a `Sender` and
a `Receiver`. Additional senders and receivers can be created with reckless
abandon by calling `clone`.
When all senders are dropped, the channel is closed and no other sends are
possible. In a channel with a buffer, receivers continue to consume values
until the buffer is empty, at which point, a `None` value is always returned
immediately.
No special semantics are enforced when all receivers are dropped. Asynchronous
sends will continue to work. Synchronous sends will block indefinitely when
the buffer is full. A send on a rendezvous channel will also block
indefinitely. (**NOTE**: This could be changed!)
All channels satisfy *both* `Send` and `Sync` and can be freely mixed in
`chan_select!`. Said differently, the synchronization semantics of a channel
are encoded upon construction, but are otherwise indistinguishable to the
type system.
Values sent on channels are subject to the normal restrictions Rust has on
values crossing thread boundaries. i.e., Values must implement `Send` and/or
`Sync`. (An `Rc<T>` *cannot* be sent on a channel, but a channel can be sent
on a channel!)
# Example: rendezvous channel
A simple example demonstrating a rendezvous channel:
```
use std::thread;
let (send, recv) = chan::sync(0);
thread::spawn(move || send.send(5));
assert_eq!(recv.recv(), Some(5)); // blocks until the previous send occurs
```
# Example: synchronous channel
Similarly, an example demonstrating a synchronous channel:
```
let (send, recv) = chan::sync(1);
send.send(5); // doesn't block because of the buffer
assert_eq!(recv.recv(), Some(5));
```
# Example: multiple producers and multiple consumers
An example demonstrating multiple consumers and multiple producers:
```
use std::thread;
let r = {
let (s, r) = chan::sync(0);
for letter in vec!['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'] {
let s = s.clone();
thread::spawn(move || {
for _ in 0..10 {
s.send(letter);
}
});
}
// This extra lexical scope will drop the initial
// sender we created. Thus, the channel will be
// closed when all threads spawned above has completed.
r
};
// A wait group lets us synchronize the completion of multiple threads.
let wg = chan::WaitGroup::new();
for _ in 0..4 {
wg.add(1);
let wg = wg.clone();
let r = r.clone();
thread::spawn(move || {
for letter in r {
println!("Received letter: {}", letter);
}
wg.done();
});
}
// If this was the end of the process and we didn't call `wg.wait()`, then
// the process might quit before all of the consumers were done.
// `wg.wait()` will block until all `wg.done()` calls have finished.
wg.wait();
```
# Example: Select on multiple channel sends/receives
An example showing how to use `chan_select!` to synchronize on sends
or receives.
```
#[macro_use]
extern crate chan;
use std::thread;
// Emits the fibonacci sequence on the given channel until `quit` receives
// a sentinel value.
fn fibonacci(s: chan::Sender<u64>, quit: chan::Receiver<()>) {
let (mut x, mut y) = (0, 1);
loop {
// Select will block until at least one of `s.send` or `quit.recv`
// is ready to succeed. At which point, it will choose exactly one
// send/receive to synchronize.
chan_select! {
s.send(x) => {
let oldx = x;
x = y;
y = oldx + y;
},
quit.recv() => {
println!("quit");
return;
}
}
}
}
fn main() {
let (s, r) = chan::sync(0);
let (qs, qr) = chan::sync(0);
// Spawn a thread and ask for the first 10 numbers in the fibonacci
// sequence.
thread::spawn(move || {
for _ in 0..10 {
println!("{}", r.recv().unwrap());
}
// Dropping all sending channels causes the receive channel to
// immediately and always synchronize (because the channel is closed).
drop(qs);
});
fibonacci(s, qr);
}
```
# Example: non-blocking sends/receives
This crate specifically does not expose methods like `try_send` or `try_recv`.
Instead, you should prefer using `chan_select!` to perform a non-blocking
send or receive. This can be done by telling select what to do when no
synchronization events are available.
```
# #[macro_use] extern crate chan; fn main() {
let (s, _) = chan::sync(0);
chan_select! {
default => println!("Send failed."),
s.send("some data") => println!("Send succeeded."),
}
# }
```
When `chan_select!` first runs, it will check if `s.send(...)` can succeed
*without blocking*. If so, `chan_select!` will permit the channels to
rendezvous. However, if there is no `recv` call to accept the send, then
`chan_select!` will immediately execute the `default` arm.
# Example: the sentinel channel idiom
When writing concurrent programs with `chan`, you will often find that you need
to somehow "wait" until some operation is done. For example, let's say you want
to run a function in a separate thread, but wait until it completes. Here's
one way to do it:
```rust
use std::thread;
fn do_work(done: chan::Sender<()>) {
// do something
// signal that we're done.
done.send(());
}
fn main() {
let (sdone, rdone) = chan::sync(0);
thread::spawn(move || do_work(sdone));
// block until work is done, and then quit the program.
rdone.recv();
}
```
In effect, we've created a new channel that sends unit values. When we're
done doing work, we send a unit value and `main` waits for it to be delivered.
Another way of achieving the same thing is to simply close the channel. Once
the channel is closed, any previously blocked receive operations become
immediately unblocked. What's even cooler is that channels are closed
automatically when all senders are dropped. So the new program looks something
like this:
```rust
use std::thread;
fn do_work(_done: chan::Sender<()>) {
// do something
}
fn main() {
let (sdone, rdone) = chan::sync(0);
thread::spawn(move || do_work(sdone));
// block until work is done, and then quit the program.
rdone.recv();
}
```
We no longer need to explicitly do anything with the `_done` channel. We give
`do_work` ownership of the channel, but as soon as the function stops
executing, `_done` is dropped, the channel is closed and `rdone.recv()`
unblocks.
# Example: I want more!
There are some examples in this crate's repository:
https://github.com/BurntSushi/chan/tree/master/examples
Here is a nice example using the `chan-signal` crate to read lines from
stdin while gracefully quitting after receiving a `INT` or `TERM`
signal:
https://github.com/BurntSushi/chan-signal/blob/master/examples/read_names.rs
A non-trivial program for periodically sending email with the output of
running a command: https://github.com/BurntSushi/rust-cmail (The source is
commented more heavily than normal.)
# When are channel operations non-blocking?
Non-blocking in this context means "a send/recv operation can synchronize
immediately." (Under the hood, a mutex may still be acquired, which could
block.)
The following is a list of all cases where a channel operation is considered
non-blocking:
* A send on a synchronous channel whose buffer is not full.
* A receive on a synchronous channel with a non-empty buffer.
* A send on an asynchronous channel.
* A rendezvous send or recv when a corresponding recv or send operation is
already blocked, respectively.
* A receive on any closed channel.
Non-blocking semantics are important because they affect the behavior of
`chan_select!`. In particular, a `chan_select!` with a `default` arm will
execute the `default` case if and only if all other operations are blocked.
# Which channel type should I use?
[From Ken Kahn](http://www.eros-os.org/pipermail/e-lang/2003-January/008183.html):
> About 25 years ago I went to dinner with Carl Hewitt and Robin Milner (of
> CSS and pi calculus fame) and they were arguing about synchronous vs.
> asynchronous communication primitives. Carl used the post office metaphor
> while Robin used the telephone. Both quickly admitted that one can implement
> one in the other.
With three channel types to choose from, it may not always be clear which one
you should use. In fact, there has been a long debate over which are better.
Here are some rough guidelines:
* Historically, asynchronous channels have been associated with the actor
model, which means they're a little out of place in a library inspired by
communicating sequential processes. Nevertheless, an unconstrained buffer can
be occasionally useful.
* Synchronous channels are useful because their stricter synchronization
semantics can make it easier to reason about the flow of your program. In
particular, with a rendezvous channel, one knows that a `send` unblocks only
when a corresponding `recv` consumes the sent value. This makes it *feel*
an awful lot like a function call!
# Warning: leaks
Channels can be leaked! In particular, if all receivers have been dropped,
then any future sends will block. Usually this is indicative of a bug in your
program.
For example, consider a "generator" style pattern where a thread produces
values on a channel and another thread consumes in an iterator.
```no_run
use std::thread;
let (s, r) = chan::sync(0);
thread::spawn(move || {
for val in r {
if val >= 2 {
break;
}
}
});
s.send(1);
s.send(2);
// This will deadlock because the loop in the thread
// above quits after receiving `2`.
s.send(3);
```
If the iterator loop quits early, the channel's buffer could fill up, which
will indefinitely block all future send operations.
(These leaks/deadlocks are detectable in most circumstances, and a `send`
operation could be made to wake up and either return an error or panic. The
semantics here are still experimental.)
# Warning: more leaks
It will always be possible to leak a channel in safe code regardless of the
channel's semantics. For example:
```no_run
use std::mem::forget;
let (s, r) = chan::sync::<()>(0);
forget(s);
// Blocks forever because the channel is never closed.
r.recv();
```
In this case, it is impossible for the channel to close because the internal
reference count will never reach `0`.
# Warning: performance
The primary purpose of this crate is to provide a safe, concurrent abstraction.
Notably, it is *not* a zero-cost abstraction. It is not even a near-zero-cost
abstraction. Throughput on a channel is startlingly low (see the benchmarks
in this crate's repository). Therefore, the channels provided in this crate
are most useful as a means to structure concurrent programs at a coarse level.
If your requirements call for performant synchronization of data, `chan` is not
the crate you're looking for.
# Prior art
The semantics encoded in the channels provided by this crate should mirror or
closely mirror the semantics provided by channels in Go. This includes
select statements! The major difference between concurrent programs written
with `chan` and concurrent programs written with Go is that Go programs can
benefit from being fast and loose with creating goroutines. In `chan`, each
"goroutine" is just an OS thread.
In terms of writing code:
1. Go programs will feature explicit closing of channels. In `chan`, channels
are closed **only** when all senders have been dropped.
2. Since there is no such thing as a "nil" channel in `chan`, the semantics Go
has for nil channels (both sends and receives block indefinitely) do not
exist in `chan`.
3. `chan` does not expose `len` or `cap` methods. (For no reason other than
to start with a totally minimal API. In particular, calling `len` or `cap`
on a channel is often The Wrong Thing. But not always. So this restriction
may be lifted in the future.)
4. In `chan`, all channels are either senders or receivers. There is no
"bidirectional" channel. This is manifest in how channel memory is managed:
channels are closed when all senders are dropped.
Of course, Go is not the origin of these ideas, but it has been the
strongest influence on the design of this library, and at least one of its
authors has done substantial research on the integration of CSP and programming
languages.
*/
extern crate rand;
use VecDeque;
use fmt;
use ;
use Drop;
use ;
use ;
use thread;
use Duration;
use Notifier;
pub use ;
use Tracker;
pub use WaitGroup;
// This enables us to (in practice) uniquely identify any particular channel.
// A better approach would be to use the pointer's address in memory, but it
// looks like `Arc` doesn't support that (yet?).
//
// Any other ideas? ---AG
//
// N.B. This is combined with ChannelId to distinguish between the sending
// and receiving halves of a channel.
static NEXT_CHANNEL_ID: AtomicUsize = ATOMIC_USIZE_INIT;
/// Create a synchronous channel with a possibly empty buffer.
///
/// When the `size` is zero, the buffer is empty and the channel becomes a
/// rendezvous channel. A rendezvous channel blocks send operations until
/// a corresponding receive operation consumes the sent value.
///
/// When the `size` is non-zero, the send operations will only block when the
/// buffer is full. Send operations only unblock when a receive operation
/// removes an element from the buffer.
///
/// Values are guaranteed to be received in the same order that they are sent.
///
/// The send and receive values returned can be cloned arbitrarily (i.e.,
/// multi-producer/multi-consumer) and moved to other threads.
///
/// When all senders are dropped, the channel is closed automatically. No
/// more values may be sent on a closed channel. Once a channel is closed and
/// the buffer is empty, all receive operations return `None` immediately.
/// (If a channel is closed and there are still values in the buffer, then
/// receive operations will retrieve those first.)
///
/// When all receivers are dropped, no special action is taken. When the buffer
/// is full, all subsequent send operations will block indefinitely.
///
/// # Examples
///
/// An example of a rendezvous channel:
///
/// ```
/// use std::thread;
///
/// let (send, recv) = chan::sync(0);
/// thread::spawn(move || send.send(5));
/// assert_eq!(recv.recv(), Some(5)); // blocks until the previous send occurs
/// ```
///
/// An example of a synchronous buffered channel:
///
/// ```
/// let (send, recv) = chan::sync(1);
///
/// send.send(5); // doesn't block because of the buffer
/// assert_eq!(recv.recv(), Some(5));
///
/// drop(send); // closes the channel
/// assert_eq!(recv.recv(), None);
/// ```
/// Create an asynchronous channel with an unbounded buffer.
///
/// Since the buffer is unbounded, send operations always succeed immediately.
///
/// Receive operations succeed only when there is at least one value in the
/// buffer.
///
/// Values are guaranteed to be received in the same order that they are sent.
///
/// The send and receive values returned can be cloned arbitrarily (i.e.,
/// multi-producer/multi-consumer) and moved to other threads.
///
/// When all senders are dropped, the channel is closed automatically. No
/// more values may be sent on a closed channel. Once a channel is closed and
/// the buffer is empty, all receive operations return `None` immediately.
/// (If a channel is closed and there are still values in the buffer, then
/// receive operations will retrieve those first.)
///
/// When all receivers are dropped, no special action is taken. When the buffer
/// is full, all subsequent send operations will block indefinitely.
///
/// # Example
///
/// Asynchronous channels are nice when you just want to enqueue a bunch
/// of values up front:
///
/// ```
/// let (s, r) = chan::async();
///
/// for i in 0..10 {
/// s.send(i);
/// }
///
/// drop(s); // closing the channel lets the iterator stop
/// let numbers: Vec<i32> = r.iter().collect();
/// assert_eq!(numbers, (0..10).collect::<Vec<i32>>());
/// ```
///
/// (Others should help me come up with more compelling examples of
/// asynchronous channels.)
/// Creates a new rendezvous channel that is dropped after a timeout.
///
/// When the channel is dropped, any receive operation on the returned channel
/// will be unblocked.
///
/// # Example
///
/// ```
/// use std::time::Duration;
///
/// let wait = chan::after(Duration::from_millis(1000));
/// // Unblocks after 1 second.
/// wait.recv();
/// ```
/// Creates a new rendezvous channel that is dropped after a timeout.
///
/// `duration` is specified in milliseconds.
///
/// When the channel is dropped, any receive operation on the returned channel
/// will be unblocked.
///
/// N.B. This will eventually be deprecated when we get a proper duration type.
///
/// # Example
///
/// ```
/// let wait = chan::after_ms(1000);
/// // Unblocks after 1 second.
/// wait.recv();
/// ```
/// Creates a new rendezvous channel that is "ticked" every duration.
///
/// When `duration` is `0`, no ticks are ever sent.
///
/// When `duration` is non-zero, then a new channel is created and sent at
/// every duration. When the sent channel is dropped, the timer is reset
/// and the process repeats after the duration.
///
/// This is especially convenient because it keeps the ticking in sync with
/// the code that uses it. Namely, the ticks won't "build up."
///
/// N.B. There is no way to reclaim the resources used by this function.
/// If you stop receiving on the channel returned, then the thread spawned by
/// `tick_ms` will block indefinitely.
///
/// # Examples
///
/// This is most useful when used in `chan_select!` because the received
/// sentinel channel gets dropped only after the correspond arm has
/// executed. At which point, the ticker is reset and waits to tick until
/// `duration` milliseconds lapses *after* the `chan_select!` arm is executed.
///
/// ```
/// # #[macro_use] extern crate chan; fn main() {
/// use std::thread;
/// use std::time::Duration;
///
/// let tick = chan::tick(Duration::from_millis(100));
/// let boom = chan::after(Duration::from_millis(500));
/// loop {
/// chan_select! {
/// default => {
/// println!(" .");
/// thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(50));
/// },
/// tick.recv() => println!("tick."),
/// boom.recv() => { println!("BOOM!"); return; },
/// }
/// }
/// # }
/// ```
/// Creates a new rendezvous channel that is "ticked" every duration.
///
/// `duration` is specified in milliseconds.
///
/// When `duration` is `0`, no ticks are ever sent.
///
/// When `duration` is non-zero, then a new channel is created and sent at
/// every duration. When the sent channel is dropped, the timer is reset
/// and the process repeats after the duration.
///
/// This is especially convenient because it keeps the ticking in sync with
/// the code that uses it. Namely, the ticks won't "build up."
///
/// N.B. There is no way to reclaim the resources used by this function.
/// If you stop receiving on the channel returned, then the thread spawned by
/// `tick_ms` will block indefinitely.
///
/// # Examples
///
/// This is most useful when used in `chan_select!` because the received
/// sentinel channel gets dropped only after the correspond arm has
/// executed. At which point, the ticker is reset and waits to tick until
/// `duration` milliseconds lapses *after* the `chan_select!` arm is executed.
///
/// ```
/// # #[macro_use] extern crate chan; fn main() {
/// use std::thread;
/// use std::time::Duration;
///
/// let tick = chan::tick_ms(100);
/// let boom = chan::after_ms(500);
/// loop {
/// chan_select! {
/// default => {
/// println!(" .");
/// thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(50));
/// },
/// tick.recv() => println!("tick."),
/// boom.recv() => { println!("BOOM!"); return; },
/// }
/// }
/// # }
/// ```
/// A value that uniquely identifies one half of a channel.
///
/// For any `s: Sender<T>`, `s.id() == s.clone().id()`. Similarly for
/// any `r: Receiver<T>`.
;
/// An iterator over values received in a channel.
/// The sending half of a channel.
///
/// Senders can be cloned any number of times and sent to other threads.
///
/// Senders also implement `Sync`, which means they can be shared among threads
/// without cloning if the channels can be proven to outlive the execution
/// of the threads.
///
/// When all sending halves of a channel are dropped, the channel is closed
/// automatically. When a channel is closed, no new values can be sent on the
/// channel. Also, all receive operations either return any values left in the
/// buffer or return immediately with `None`.
;
/// The receiving half of a channel.
///
/// Receivers can be cloned any number of times and sent to other threads.
///
/// Receivers also implement `Sync`, which means they can be shared among
/// threads without cloning if the channels can be proven to outlive the
/// execution of the threads.
///
/// When all receiving halves of a channel are dropped, no special action is
/// taken. If the buffer in the channel is full, all sends will block
/// indefinitely.
;
/// All senders and receivers are just newtypes around a more base channel.
///
/// i.e., All senders and receivers have direct access to any underlying
/// buffer.
;
// The SendOp and RecvOp types unify the return values of all channel
// operations. Their primary purpose is to permit the caller to retrieve the
// channel's lock after the channel operation is done without the lock ever
// being released. (This is critical functionality for `Select`.)
//
// N.B. The `WouldBlock` variants are only constructed if a non-blocking
// operation is used (i.e., try_send or try_recv).
/// Synchronize on at most one channel send or receive operation.
///
/// This is a *heterogeneous* select. Namely, it supports any mix of
/// asynchronous, synchronous or rendezvous channels, any mix of send or
/// receive operations and any mix of types on channels.
///
/// Here is how select operates:
///
/// 1. It first examines all send and receive operations. If one or more of
/// them can succeed without blocking, then it randomly selects *one*,
/// executes the operation and runs the code in the corresponding arm.
/// 2. If all operations are blocked and there is a `default` arm, then the
/// code in the `default` arm is executed.
/// 3. If all operations are blocked and there is no `default` arm, then
/// `Select` will subscribe to all channels involved. `Select` will be
/// notified when state in one of the channels has changed. This will wake
/// `Select` up, and it will retry the steps in (1). If all operations remain
/// blocked, then (3) is repeated.
///
///
/// # Example
///
/// Which one synchronizes first?
///
/// ```
/// # #[macro_use] extern crate chan; fn main() {
/// use std::thread;
///
/// let (asend, arecv) = chan::sync(0);
/// let (bsend, brecv) = chan::sync(0);
///
/// thread::spawn(move || asend.send(5));
/// thread::spawn(move || brecv.recv());
///
/// chan_select! {
/// arecv.recv() -> val => {
/// println!("arecv received: {:?}", val);
/// },
/// bsend.send(10) => {
/// println!("bsend sent");
/// },
/// }
/// # }
/// ```
///
/// See the "failure modes" section below for more examples of the syntax.
///
///
/// # Example: empty select
///
/// An empty select, `chan_select! {}` will block indefinitely.
///
///
/// # Warning
///
/// `chan_select!` is simultaneously the most wonderful and horrifying thing
/// in this crate.
///
/// It is wonderful because it is essential for the
/// composition of channel operations in a concurrent program. Without select,
/// channels becomes much less expressive.
///
/// It is horrifying because the macro used to define it is *extremely*
/// sensitive. My hope is that it is simply my own lack of creativity at fault
/// and that others can help me fix it, but we may just be fundamentally stuck
/// with something like this until a proper compiler plugin can rescue us.
///
///
/// # Failure modes
///
/// When I say that this macro is sensitive, what I mean is, "if you misstep
/// on the syntax, you will be slapped upside the head with an irrelevant
/// error message."
///
/// Consider this:
///
/// ```ignore
/// chan_select! {
/// default => {
/// println!(" .");
/// thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(50));
/// }
/// tick.recv() => println!("tick."),
/// boom.recv() => { println!("BOOM!"); return; },
/// }
/// ```
///
/// The compiler will tell you that the "recursion limit reached while
/// expanding the macro."
///
/// The actual problem is that **every** arm requires a trailing comma,
/// regardless of whether the arm is wrapped in a `{ ... }` or not. So it
/// should be written `default => { ... },`. (I'm told that various highly
/// skilled individuals could remove this restriction.)
///
/// Here's another. Can you spot the problem? I swear it's not commas this
/// time.
///
/// ```ignore
/// chan_select! {
/// tick.recv() => println!("tick."),
/// boom.recv() => { println!("BOOM!"); return; },
/// default => {
/// println!(" .");
/// thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(50));
/// },
/// }
/// ```
///
/// This produces the same "recursion limit" error as above.
///
/// The actual problem is that the `default` arm *must* come first (or it must
/// be omitted completely).
///
/// Yet another:
///
/// ```ignore
/// chan_select! {
/// default => {
/// println!(" .");
/// thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(50));
/// },
/// tick().recv() => println!("tick."),
/// boom.recv() => { println!("BOOM!"); return; },
/// }
/// ```
///
/// Again, you'll get the same "recursion limit" error.
///
/// The actual problem is that the channel operations must be of the form
/// `ident.recv()` or `ident.send()`. You cannot use an arbitrary expression
/// in place of `ident` that evaluates to a channel! To fix this, you must
/// rebind `tick()` to an identifier outside of `chan_select!`.
;
=> ;
=> ;
=> ;
=> ;
=> ;
=> ;
=> ;
=> ;
=> ;
=> ;
}