(module promise '#%kernel (#%require "small-scheme.ss" "more-scheme.ss" "define.ss" (rename "define-struct.ss" define-struct define-struct*) (for-syntax '#%kernel "stxcase-scheme.ss" "name.ss") '#%unsafe) (#%provide force promise? promise-forced? promise-running? ;; provided to create extensions (struct promise ()) pref pset! prop:force reify-result promise-printer (struct running ()) (struct reraise ()) (for-syntax make-delayer)) ;; This module implements "lazy" (composable) promises and a `force' ;; that is iterated through them. ;; This is similar to the *new* version of srfi-45 -- see the ;; post-finalization discussion at http://srfi.schemers.org/srfi-45/ for ;; more details; specifically, this version is the `lazy2' version from ;; http://srfi.schemers.org/srfi-45/post-mail-archive/msg00013.html. ;; Note: if you use only `force'+`delay' it behaves as in Scheme (except ;; that `force' is identity for non promise values), and `force'+`lazy' ;; are sufficient for implementing the lazy language. ;; unsafe accessors (define-syntax pref (syntax-rules () [(_ p ) (unsafe-struct-ref p 0 )])) (define-syntax pset! (syntax-rules () [(_ p x) (unsafe-struct-set! p 0 x)])) ;; ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ;; Forcers ;; force/composable iterates on composable promises ;; * (force X) = X for non promises ;; * does not deal with multiple values in the composable case (define (force/composable root) (let ([v (pref root)]) (cond [(procedure? v) ;; mark the root as running: avoids cycles, and no need to keep banging ;; the root promise value; it makes this non-r5rs, but the only ;; practical uses of these things could be ones that use state to avoid ;; an infinite loop. (See the generic forcer below.) ;; (careful: avoid holding a reference to the thunk, to allow ;; safe-for-space loops) (pset! root (make-running (object-name v))) (call-with-exception-handler (lambda (e) (pset! root (make-reraise e)) e) (lambda () ;; iterate carefully through chains of composable promises (let loop ([v (v)]) ; does not handle multiple values! (cond [(composable-promise? v) (let ([v* (pref v)]) (pset! v root) ; share with root (cond [(procedure? v*) (loop (v*))] ;; it must be a list of one value (because ;; composable promises never hold multiple values), ;; or a composable promise [(pair? v*) (pset! root v*) (unsafe-car v*)] ;; note: for the promise case we could jump only to ;; the last `let' (for `v*'), but that makes the ;; code heavier, and runs slower (probably goes over ;; some inlining/unfolding threshold). [else (loop v*)]))] ;; reached a non-composable promise: share and force it now [(promise? v) (pset! root v) (force v)] ;; error here for "library approach" (see above URL) [else (pset! root (list v)) v]))))] ;; try to make the order efficient, with common cases first [(pair? v) (if (null? (unsafe-cdr v)) (unsafe-car v) (apply values v))] ;; follow all sharings (and shortcut directly to the right force) [(composable-promise? v) (force/composable v) (force v)] [(null? v) (values)] [else (error 'force "composable promise with invalid contents: ~e" v)]))) (define (reify-result v) (cond [(pair? v) (if (null? (unsafe-cdr v)) (unsafe-car v) (apply values v))] [(null? v) (values)] [(reraise? v) (v)] [else (error 'force "promise with invalid contents: ~e" v)])) ;; generic force for "old-style" promises -- they're still useful in ;; that they allow multiple values. In general, this is slower, but has ;; more features. (They could allow self loops, but this means holding ;; on to the procedure and its resources while it is running, and lose ;; the ability to know that it is running; the second can be resolved ;; with a new kind of `running' value that can be used again, but the ;; first cannot be solved. I still didn't ever see any use for them, so ;; they're still forbidden.) (define (force/generic promise) (reify-result (let ([v (pref promise)]) (if (procedure? v) (begin (pset! promise (make-running (object-name v))) (call-with-exception-handler (lambda (e) (pset! promise (make-reraise e)) e) (lambda () (let ([vs (call-with-values v list)]) (pset! promise vs) vs)))) v)))) ;; dispatcher for composable promises, generic promises, and other values (define (force promise) (if (promise? promise) ((promise-forcer promise) promise) ; dispatch to specific forcer promise)) ; different from srfi-45: identity for non-promises ;; ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ;; Struct definitions ;; generic promise printer (define (promise-printer promise port write?) (let loop ([v (pref promise)]) (cond [(reraise? v) (let ([r (reraise-val v)]) (if (exn? r) (fprintf port (if write? "#" "#") (exn-message r)) (fprintf port (if write? "#" "#") r)))] [(running? v) (let ([r (running-name v)]) (if r (fprintf port "#" r) (fprintf port "#")))] [(procedure? v) (cond [(object-name v) => (lambda (n) (fprintf port "#" n))] [else (display "#" port)])] [(promise? v) (loop (pref v))] ; hide sharing ;; values [(null? v) (fprintf port "#")] [(null? (cdr v)) (fprintf port (if write? "#" "#") (car v))] [else (display "#" port)]))) ;; property value for the right forcer to use (define-values [prop:force promise-forcer] (let-values ([(prop pred? get) ; no need for the predicate (make-struct-type-property 'forcer (lambda (v info) (unless (and (procedure? v) (procedure-arity-includes? v 1)) (raise-type-error 'prop:force "a unary function" v)) v))]) (values prop get))) ;; A promise value can hold ;; - (list ...): forced promise (possibly multiple-values) ;; - composable promises deal with only one value ;; - : a shared (redirected) promise that points at another one ;; - possible only with composable promises ;; - : usually a delayed promise, ;; - can also hold a `running' thunk that will throw a reentrant error ;; - can also hold a raising-a-value thunk on exceptions and other ;; `raise'd values (actually, applicable structs for printouts) ;; First, a generic struct, which is used for all promise-like values (define-struct promise ([val #:mutable]) #:property prop:custom-write promise-printer #:property prop:force force/generic) ;; Then, a subtype for composable promises (define-struct (composable-promise promise) () #:property prop:force force/composable) ;; template for all delay-like constructs ;; (with simple keyword matching: keywords is an alist with default exprs) (define-for-syntax (make-delayer stx maker keywords) ;; no `cond', `and', `or', `let', `define', etc here (letrec-values ([(exprs+kwds) (lambda (stxs exprs kwds) (if (null? stxs) (values (reverse exprs) (reverse kwds)) (if (not (keyword? (syntax-e (car stxs)))) (exprs+kwds (cdr stxs) (cons (car stxs) exprs) kwds) (if (if (pair? (cdr stxs)) (if (assq (syntax-e (car stxs)) keywords) (not (assq (syntax-e (car stxs)) kwds)) #f) #f) (exprs+kwds (cddr stxs) exprs (cons (cons (syntax-e (car stxs)) (cadr stxs)) kwds)) (values #f #f)))))] [(stxs) (syntax->list stx)] [(exprs kwds) (exprs+kwds (if stxs (cdr stxs) '()) '() '())] [(kwd-args) (if kwds (map (lambda (k) (let-values ([(x) (assq (car k) kwds)]) (if x (cdr x) (cdr k)))) keywords) #f)] ;; some strange bug with `syntax-local-expand-expression' makes this not ;; work well with identifiers, so turn the name into a symbol to work ;; around this for now [(name0) (syntax-local-infer-name stx)] [(name) (if (syntax? name0) (syntax-e name0) name0)]) (syntax-case stx () [_ (pair? exprs) ; throw a syntax error if anything is wrong (with-syntax ([(expr ...) exprs] [(kwd-arg ...) kwd-args]) (with-syntax ([proc (syntax-property (syntax/loc stx (lambda () expr ...)) 'inferred-name name)] [make maker]) (syntax/loc stx (make proc kwd-arg ...))))]))) ;; Creates a composable promise ;; X = (force (lazy X)) = (force (lazy (lazy X))) = (force (lazy^n X)) (#%provide (rename lazy* lazy)) (define lazy make-composable-promise) (define-syntax (lazy* stx) (make-delayer stx #'lazy '())) ;; Creates a (generic) promise that does not compose ;; X = (force (delay X)) = (force (lazy (delay X))) ;; = (force (lazy^n (delay X))) ;; X = (force (force (delay (delay X)))) != (force (delay (delay X))) ;; so each sequence of `(lazy^n o delay)^m' requires m `force's and a ;; sequence of `(lazy^n o delay)^m o lazy^k' requires m+1 `force's (for k>0) ;; (This is not needed with a lazy language (see the above URL for details), ;; but provided for regular delay/force uses.) (#%provide (rename delay* delay)) (define delay make-promise) (define-syntax (delay* stx) (make-delayer stx #'delay '())) ;; For simplicity and efficiency this code uses thunks in promise values for ;; exceptions: this way, we don't need to tag exception values in some special ;; way and test for them -- we just use a thunk that will raise the exception. ;; But it's still useful to refer to the exception value, so use an applicable ;; struct for them. The same goes for a promise that is being forced: we use a ;; thunk that will throw a "reentrant promise" error -- and use an applicable ;; struct so it is identifiable. (define-struct reraise (val) #:property prop:procedure (lambda (this) (raise (reraise-val this)))) (define-struct running (name) #:property prop:procedure (lambda (this) (let ([name (running-name this)]) (if name (error 'force "reentrant promise ~e" name) (error 'force "reentrant promise"))))) ;; ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ;; Utilities (define (promise-forced? promise) (if (promise? promise) (let ([v (pref promise)]) (or (not (procedure? v)) (reraise? v))) ; #f when running (raise-type-error 'promise-forced? "promise" promise))) (define (promise-running? promise) (if (promise? promise) (running? (pref promise)) (raise-type-error 'promise-running? "promise" promise))) ) #| Simple code for timings: (define (c n) (lazy (if (zero? n) (delay 'hey!) (c (sub1 n))))) (for ([i (in-range 9)]) (collect-garbage) (collect-garbage) (collect-garbage) (time (for ([i (in-range 10000)]) (force (c 2000))))) Also, run (force (c -1)) and check constant space |#