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fix and improve docs on hash-map and hash-for-each

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svn: r16279
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Matthew Flatt 2009-10-08 12:06:50 +00:00
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@ -56,21 +56,15 @@ a table-specific semaphore as needed. Three caveats apply, however:
and future operations on the hash table may block indefinitely.}
@item{The @scheme[hash-map] and @scheme[hash-for-each] procedures do
not use the table's semaphore. Consequently, if a hash table is
extended with new keys by another thread while a map or for-each
traversal is in process, arbitrary key--value pairs can be dropped
or duplicated in the traversal. Similarly, if a map or for-each
procedure itself extends the table, arbitrary key--value pairs can
be dropped or duplicated. However, key mappings can be deleted or
remapped by any thread with no adverse affects (i.e., the change
does not affect a traversal if the key has been seen already,
otherwise the traversal skips a deleted key or uses the remapped
key's new value).}
not use the table's semaphore to guard the traversal as a whole.
Changes by one thread to a hash table can affect the keys and values
seen by another thread part-way through its traversal of the same
hash table.}
@item{The @scheme[hash-update!] and @scheme[hash-set!] functions
@item{The @scheme[hash-update!] and @scheme[hash-ref!] functions
use a table's semaphore
independently for the @scheme[hash-ref] and @scheme[hash-set!] parts
of its functionality, which means that the update as a whole is not
of their functionality, which means that the update as a whole is not
``atomic.''}
]
@ -284,8 +278,16 @@ Functionally removes any existing mapping for @scheme[key] in
Applies the procedure @scheme[proc] to each element in
@scheme[hash] in an unspecified order, accumulating the results
into a list. The procedure @scheme[proc] is called each time with a
key and its value. See the caveat above about concurrent
modification.
key and its value.
If a hash table is extended with new keys (either through
@scheme[proc] or by another thread) while a @scheme[hash-map] or
@scheme[hash-for-each] traversal is in process, arbitrary key--value
pairs can be dropped or duplicated in the traversal. Key mappings can
be deleted or remapped (by any thread) with no adverse affects; the
change does not affect a traversal if the key has been seen already,
otherwise the traversal skips a deleted key or uses the remapped key's
new value.
@see-also-concurrency-caveat[]}
@ -296,10 +298,10 @@ modification.
Applies @scheme[proc] to each element in @scheme[hash] (for the
side-effects of @scheme[proc]) in an unspecified order. The procedure
@scheme[proc] is called each time with a key and its value. See the
caveat above about concurrent modification.
@scheme[proc] is called each time with a key and its value.
@see-also-concurrency-caveat[]}
See @scheme[hash-map] for information about modifying @scheme[hash]
within @scheme[proc]. @see-also-concurrency-caveat[]}
@defproc[(hash-count [hash hash?])