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| 1 | +# Simple Chord for Tcl |
| 2 | +# |
| 3 | +# A "chord" is a method with more than one entrypoint and only one body, such |
| 4 | +# that the body runs only once all the entrypoints have been called by |
| 5 | +# different asynchronous tasks. In this implementation, the chord is defined |
| 6 | +# dynamically for each invocation. A SimpleChord object is created, supplying |
| 7 | +# body script to be run when the chord is completed, and then one or more notes |
| 8 | +# are added to the chord. Each note can be called like a proc, and returns |
| 9 | +# immediately if the chord isn't yet complete. When the last remaining note is |
| 10 | +# called, the body runs before the note returns. |
| 11 | +# |
| 12 | +# The SimpleChord class has a constructor that takes the body script, and a |
| 13 | +# method add_note that returns a note object. Since the body script does not |
| 14 | +# run in the context of the procedure that defined it, a mechanism is provided |
| 15 | +# for injecting variables into the chord for use by the body script. The |
| 16 | +# activation of a note is idempotent; multiple calls have the same effect as |
| 17 | +# a simple call. |
| 18 | +# |
| 19 | +# If you are invoking asynchronous operations with chord notes as completion |
| 20 | +# callbacks, and there is a possibility that earlier operations could complete |
| 21 | +# before later ones are started, it is a good practice to create a "common" |
| 22 | +# note on the chord that prevents it from being complete until you're certain |
| 23 | +# you've added all the notes you need. |
| 24 | +# |
| 25 | +# Example: |
| 26 | +# |
| 27 | +# # Turn off the UI while running a couple of async operations. |
| 28 | +# lock_ui |
| 29 | +# |
| 30 | +# set chord [SimpleChord new { |
| 31 | +# unlock_ui |
| 32 | +# # Note: $notice here is not referenced in the calling scope |
| 33 | +# if {$notice} { info_popup $notice } |
| 34 | +# } |
| 35 | +# |
| 36 | +# # Configure a note to keep the chord from completing until |
| 37 | +# # all operations have been initiated. |
| 38 | +# set common_note [$chord add_note] |
| 39 | +# |
| 40 | +# # Pass notes as 'after' callbacks to other operations |
| 41 | +# async_operation $args [$chord add_note] |
| 42 | +# other_async_operation $args [$chord add_note] |
| 43 | +# |
| 44 | +# # Communicate with the chord body |
| 45 | +# if {$condition} { |
| 46 | +# # This sets $notice in the same context that the chord body runs in. |
| 47 | +# $chord eval { set notice "Something interesting" } |
| 48 | +# } |
| 49 | +# |
| 50 | +# # Activate the common note, making the chord eligible to complete |
| 51 | +# $common_note |
| 52 | +# |
| 53 | +# At this point, the chord will complete at some unknown point in the future. |
| 54 | +# The common note might have been the first note activated, or the async |
| 55 | +# operations might have completed synchronously and the common note is the |
| 56 | +# last one, completing the chord before this code finishes, or anything in |
| 57 | +# between. The purpose of the chord is to not have to worry about the order. |
| 58 | + |
| 59 | +# SimpleChord class: |
| 60 | +# Represents a procedure that conceptually has multiple entrypoints that must |
| 61 | +# all be called before the procedure executes. Each entrypoint is called a |
| 62 | +# "note". The chord is only "completed" when all the notes are "activated". |
| 63 | +oo::class create SimpleChord { |
| 64 | + variable notes body is_completed |
| 65 | + |
| 66 | + # Constructor: |
| 67 | + # set chord [SimpleChord new {body}] |
| 68 | + # Creates a new chord object with the specified body script. The |
| 69 | + # body script is evaluated at most once, when a note is activated |
| 70 | + # and the chord has no other non-activated notes. |
| 71 | + constructor {body} { |
| 72 | + set notes [list] |
| 73 | + my eval [list set body $body] |
| 74 | + set is_completed 0 |
| 75 | + } |
| 76 | + |
| 77 | + # Method: |
| 78 | + # $chord eval {script} |
| 79 | + # Runs the specified script in the same context (namespace) in which |
| 80 | + # the chord body will be evaluated. This can be used to set variable |
| 81 | + # values for the chord body to use. |
| 82 | + method eval {script} { |
| 83 | + namespace eval [self] $script |
| 84 | + } |
| 85 | + |
| 86 | + # Method: |
| 87 | + # set note [$chord add_note] |
| 88 | + # Adds a new note to the chord, an instance of ChordNote. Raises an |
| 89 | + # error if the chord is already completed, otherwise the chord is |
| 90 | + # updated so that the new note must also be activated before the |
| 91 | + # body is evaluated. |
| 92 | + method add_note {} { |
| 93 | + if {$is_completed} { error "Cannot add a note to a completed chord" } |
| 94 | + |
| 95 | + set note [ChordNote new [self]] |
| 96 | + |
| 97 | + lappend notes $note |
| 98 | + |
| 99 | + return $note |
| 100 | + } |
| 101 | + |
| 102 | + # This method is for internal use only and is intentionally undocumented. |
| 103 | + method notify_note_activation {} { |
| 104 | + if {!$is_completed} { |
| 105 | + foreach note $notes { |
| 106 | + if {![$note is_activated]} { return } |
| 107 | + } |
| 108 | + |
| 109 | + set is_completed 1 |
| 110 | + |
| 111 | + namespace eval [self] $body |
| 112 | + namespace delete [self] |
| 113 | + } |
| 114 | + } |
| 115 | +} |
| 116 | + |
| 117 | +# ChordNote class: |
| 118 | +# Represents a note within a chord, providing a way to activate it. When the |
| 119 | +# final note of the chord is activated (this can be any note in the chord, |
| 120 | +# with all other notes already previously activated in any order), the chord's |
| 121 | +# body is evaluated. |
| 122 | +oo::class create ChordNote { |
| 123 | + variable chord is_activated |
| 124 | + |
| 125 | + # Constructor: |
| 126 | + # Instances of ChordNote are created internally by calling add_note on |
| 127 | + # SimpleChord objects. |
| 128 | + constructor {chord} { |
| 129 | + my eval set chord $chord |
| 130 | + set is_activated 0 |
| 131 | + } |
| 132 | + |
| 133 | + # Method: |
| 134 | + # [$note is_activated] |
| 135 | + # Returns true if this note has already been activated. |
| 136 | + method is_activated {} { |
| 137 | + return $is_activated |
| 138 | + } |
| 139 | + |
| 140 | + # Method: |
| 141 | + # $note |
| 142 | + # Activates the note, if it has not already been activated, and |
| 143 | + # completes the chord if there are no other notes awaiting |
| 144 | + # activation. Subsequent calls will have no further effect. |
| 145 | + # |
| 146 | + # NB: In TclOO, if an object is invoked like a method without supplying |
| 147 | + # any method name, then this internal method `unknown` is what |
| 148 | + # actually runs (with no parameters). It is used in the ChordNote |
| 149 | + # class for the purpose of allowing the note object to be called as |
| 150 | + # a function (see example above). (The `unknown` method can also be |
| 151 | + # used to support dynamic dispatch, but must take parameters to |
| 152 | + # identify the "unknown" method to be invoked. In this form, this |
| 153 | + # proc serves only to make instances behave directly like methods.) |
| 154 | + method unknown {} { |
| 155 | + if {!$is_activated} { |
| 156 | + set is_activated 1 |
| 157 | + $chord notify_note_activation |
| 158 | + } |
| 159 | + } |
| 160 | +} |
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