racket/collects/scribblings/inside/custodians.scrbl
Matthew Flatt 4eef1b3cee flvectors
svn: r17177
2009-12-03 16:42:32 +00:00

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#lang scribble/doc
@(require "utils.ss")
@title{Custodians}
When an extension allocates resources that must be explicitly freed
(in the same way that a port must be explicitly closed), a Scheme
object associated with the resource should be placed into the
management of the current custodian with @cppi{scheme_add_managed}.
Before allocating the resource, call
@cppi{scheme_custodian_check_available} to ensure that the relevant
custodian is not already shut down. If it is,
@cpp{scheme_custodian_check_available} will raise an exception. If
the custodian is shut down when @cpp{scheme_add_managed} is called,
the close function provided to @cpp{scheme_add_managed} will be called
immediately, and no exception will be reported.
@; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
@function[(Scheme_Custodian* scheme_make_custodian
[Scheme_Custodian* m])]{
Creates a new custodian as a subordinate of @var{m}. If @var{m} is
@cpp{NULL}, then the main custodian is used as the new custodian's
supervisor. Do not use @cpp{NULL} for @var{m} unless you intend to
create an especially privileged custodian.}
@function[(Scheme_Custodian_Reference* scheme_add_managed
[Scheme_Custodian* m]
[Scheme_Object* o]
[Scheme_Close_Custodian_Client* f]
[void* data]
[int strong])]{
Places the value @var{o} into the management of the custodian
@var{m}. If @var{m} is @cpp{NULL}, the current custodian is used.
The @var{f} function is called by the custodian if it is ever asked to
``shutdown'' its values; @var{o} and @var{data} are passed on to
@var{f}, which has the type
@verbatim{
typedef void (*Scheme_Close_Custodian_Client)(Scheme_Object *o,
void *data);
}
If @var{strong} is non-zero, then the newly managed value will
be remembered until either the custodian shuts it down or
@cpp{scheme_remove_managed} is called. If @var{strong} is
zero, the value is allowed to be garbaged collected (and automatically
removed from the custodian).
Independent of whether @var{strong} is zero, the value @var{o} is
initially weakly held. A value associated with a custodian can
therefore be finalized via will executors.
The return value from @cpp{scheme_add_managed} can be used to refer
to the value's custodian later in a call to
@cpp{scheme_remove_managed}. A value can be registered with at
most one custodian.
If @var{m} (or the current custodian if @var{m} is @cpp{NULL})is shut
down, then @var{f} is called immediately, and the result is
@cpp{NULL}.}
@function[(void scheme_custodian_check_available
[Scheme_Custodian* m]
[const-char* name]
[const-char* resname])]{
Checks whether @var{m} is already shut down, and raises an error if
so. If @var{m} is @cpp{NULL}, the current custodian is used. The
@var{name} argument is used for error reporting. The @var{resname}
argument will likely be used for checking pre-set limits in the
future; pre-set limits will have symbolic names, and the
@var{resname} string will be compared to the symbols.}
@function[(void scheme_remove_managed
[Scheme_Custodian_Reference* mref]
[Scheme_Object* o])]{
Removes @var{o} from the management of its custodian. The @var{mref}
argument must be a value returned by @cpp{scheme_add_managed} or
@cpp{NULL}.}
@function[(void scheme_close_managed
[Scheme_Custodian* m])]{
Instructs the custodian @var{m} to shutdown all of its managed values.}
@function[(void scheme_add_atexit_closer
[Scheme_Exit_Closer_Func f])]{
Installs a function to be called on each custodian-registered item and
its closer when MzScheme is about to exit. The registered function
has the type
@verbatim[#:indent 2]{
typedef
void (*Scheme_Exit_Closer_Func)(Scheme_Object *o,
Scheme_Close_Custodian_Client *f,
void *d);
}
where @var{d} is the second argument for @var{f}.}