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<h1>Module <a href="type_Event.html">Event</a></h1>
<pre><span id="MODULEEvent"><span class="keyword">module</span> Event</span>: <code class="code"><span class="keyword">sig</span></code> <a href="Event.html">..</a> <code class="code"><span class="keyword">end</span></code></pre><div class="info module top">
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<p>First-class synchronous communication.</p>
<p>This module implements synchronous inter-thread communications over
channels. As in John Reppy's Concurrent ML system, the communication
events are first-class values: they can be built and combined
independently before being offered for communication.</p>
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<pre><span id="TYPEchannel"><span class="keyword">type</span> <code class="type">'a</code> channel</span> </pre>
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<p>The type of communication channels carrying values of type <code class="code"><span class="keywordsign">'</span>a</code>.</p>
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<pre><span id="VALnew_channel"><span class="keyword">val</span> new_channel</span> : <code class="type">unit -> 'a <a href="Event.html#TYPEchannel">channel</a></code></pre><div class="info ">
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<p>Return a new channel.</p>
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<pre><span id="TYPEevent"><span class="keyword">type</span> <code class="type">+'a</code> event</span> </pre>
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<p>The type of communication events returning a result of type <code class="code"><span class="keywordsign">'</span>a</code>.</p>
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<pre><span id="VALsend"><span class="keyword">val</span> send</span> : <code class="type">'a <a href="Event.html#TYPEchannel">channel</a> -> 'a -> unit <a href="Event.html#TYPEevent">event</a></code></pre><div class="info ">
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<p><code class="code">send ch v</code> returns the event consisting in sending the value <code class="code">v</code>
over the channel <code class="code">ch</code>. The result value of this event is <code class="code">()</code>.</p>
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<pre><span id="VALreceive"><span class="keyword">val</span> receive</span> : <code class="type">'a <a href="Event.html#TYPEchannel">channel</a> -> 'a <a href="Event.html#TYPEevent">event</a></code></pre><div class="info ">
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<p><code class="code">receive ch</code> returns the event consisting in receiving a value
from the channel <code class="code">ch</code>. The result value of this event is the
value received.</p>
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<pre><span id="VALalways"><span class="keyword">val</span> always</span> : <code class="type">'a -> 'a <a href="Event.html#TYPEevent">event</a></code></pre><div class="info ">
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<p><code class="code">always v</code> returns an event that is always ready for
synchronization. The result value of this event is <code class="code">v</code>.</p>
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<pre><span id="VALchoose"><span class="keyword">val</span> choose</span> : <code class="type">'a <a href="Event.html#TYPEevent">event</a> list -> 'a <a href="Event.html#TYPEevent">event</a></code></pre><div class="info ">
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<p><code class="code">choose evl</code> returns the event that is the alternative of
all the events in the list <code class="code">evl</code>.</p>
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<pre><span id="VALwrap"><span class="keyword">val</span> wrap</span> : <code class="type">'a <a href="Event.html#TYPEevent">event</a> -> ('a -> 'b) -> 'b <a href="Event.html#TYPEevent">event</a></code></pre><div class="info ">
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<p><code class="code">wrap ev fn</code> returns the event that performs the same communications
as <code class="code">ev</code>, then applies the post-processing function <code class="code">fn</code>
on the return value.</p>
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<pre><span id="VALwrap_abort"><span class="keyword">val</span> wrap_abort</span> : <code class="type">'a <a href="Event.html#TYPEevent">event</a> -> (unit -> unit) -> 'a <a href="Event.html#TYPEevent">event</a></code></pre><div class="info ">
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<p><code class="code">wrap_abort ev fn</code> returns the event that performs
the same communications as <code class="code">ev</code>, but if it is not selected
the function <code class="code">fn</code> is called after the synchronization.</p>
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<pre><span id="VALguard"><span class="keyword">val</span> guard</span> : <code class="type">(unit -> 'a <a href="Event.html#TYPEevent">event</a>) -> 'a <a href="Event.html#TYPEevent">event</a></code></pre><div class="info ">
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<p><code class="code">guard fn</code> returns the event that, when synchronized, computes
<code class="code">fn()</code> and behaves as the resulting event. This enables
computing events with side-effects at the time of the synchronization
operation.</p>
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<pre><span id="VALsync"><span class="keyword">val</span> sync</span> : <code class="type">'a <a href="Event.html#TYPEevent">event</a> -> 'a</code></pre><div class="info ">
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<p>'Synchronize' on an event: offer all the communication
possibilities specified in the event to the outside world,
and block until one of the communications succeed. The result
value of that communication is returned.</p>
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<pre><span id="VALselect"><span class="keyword">val</span> select</span> : <code class="type">'a <a href="Event.html#TYPEevent">event</a> list -> 'a</code></pre><div class="info ">
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<p>'Synchronize' on an alternative of events.
<code class="code">select evl</code> is shorthand for <code class="code">sync(choose evl)</code>.</p>
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<pre><span id="VALpoll"><span class="keyword">val</span> poll</span> : <code class="type">'a <a href="Event.html#TYPEevent">event</a> -> 'a option</code></pre><div class="info ">
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<p>Non-blocking version of <a href="Event.html#VALsync"><code class="code"><span class="constructor">Event</span>.sync</code></a>: offer all the communication
possibilities specified in the event to the outside world,
and if one can take place immediately, perform it and return
<code class="code"><span class="constructor">Some</span> r</code> where <code class="code">r</code> is the result value of that communication.
Otherwise, return <code class="code"><span class="constructor">None</span></code> without blocking.</p>
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