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<p class="module-desc"><p>Implements Nim's <a class="reference external" href="manual_experimental.html#parallel-amp-spawn">parallel &amp; spawn statements</a>.</p>
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<dt><pre><a href="threadpool.html#FlowVar"><span class="Identifier">FlowVar</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span> {.<span class="Identifier">compilerproc</span>.} <span class="Other">=</span> <span class="Keyword">ref</span> <span class="Identifier">FlowVarObj</span><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span></pre></dt>
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A data flow variable.
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Untyped base class for <a class="reference external" href="#FlowVar">FlowVar[T]</a>.
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A thread identifier.
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<dt><pre><a href="threadpool.html#MaxDistinguishedThread"><span class="Identifier">MaxDistinguishedThread</span></a> {.<span class="Identifier">intdefine</span>.} <span class="Other">=</span> <span class="DecNumber">32</span></pre></dt>
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Maximum number of &quot;distinguished&quot; threads.
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Maximum size of the thread pool. 256 threads should be good enough for anybody ;-)
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Blocks until the value is available and then returns this value.
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<p>Blocks until <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">fv</span></span></tt> is available and then passes its value to <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">action</span></span></tt>.</p>
<p>Note that due to Nim's parameter passing semantics, this means that <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">T</span></span></tt> doesn't need to be copied, so <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">awaitAndThen</span></span></tt> can sometimes be more efficient than the <a class="reference external" href="#^,FlowVar[T]">^ proc</a>.</p>
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<p>Waits until the value for <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">fv</span></span></tt> arrives.</p>
<p>Usually it is not necessary to call this explicitly.</p>
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<span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
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<p>Awaits any of the given <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">flowVars</span></span></tt>. Returns the index of one <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">flowVar</span></span></tt> for which a value arrived.</p>
<p>A <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">flowVar</span></span></tt> only supports one call to <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">blockUntilAny</span></span></tt> at the same time. That means if you <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">blockUntilAny</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="Punctuation">[</span><span class="Identifier">a</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span><span class="Identifier">b</span><span class="Punctuation">]</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span></span></tt> and <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">blockUntilAny</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="Punctuation">[</span><span class="Identifier">b</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span><span class="Identifier">c</span><span class="Punctuation">]</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span></span></tt> the second call will only block until <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">c</span></span></tt>. If there is no <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">flowVar</span></span></tt> left to be able to wait on, -1 is returned.</p>
<p><strong>Note:</strong> This results in non-deterministic behaviour and should be avoided.</p>
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<div id="isReady-procs-all">
<div id="isReady,FlowVarBase">
<dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#isReady%2CFlowVarBase"><span class="Identifier">isReady</span></a><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">fv</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="threadpool.html#FlowVarBase"><span class="Identifier">FlowVarBase</span></a><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#bool"><span class="Identifier">bool</span></a> {.<span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
<dd>
<p>Determines whether the specified <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">FlowVarBase</span></span></tt>'s value is available.</p>
<p>If <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">true</span></span></tt>, awaiting <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">fv</span></span></tt> will not block.</p>
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<div id="parallel-procs-all">
<div id="parallel,untyped">
<dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#parallel%2Cuntyped"><span class="Identifier">parallel</span></a><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">body</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#untyped"><span class="Identifier">untyped</span></a><span class="Other">)</span> {.<span class="Identifier">magic</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;Parallel&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span>
<span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
<dd>
<p>A parallel section can be used to execute a block in parallel.</p>
<p><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">body</span></span></tt> has to be in a DSL that is a particular subset of the language.</p>
<p>Please refer to <a class="reference external" href="manual_experimental.html#parallel-amp-spawn">the manual</a> for further information.</p>
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<div id="pinnedSpawn,ThreadId,sinktyped">
<dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#pinnedSpawn%2CThreadId%2Csinktyped"><span class="Identifier">pinnedSpawn</span></a><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">id</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="threadpool.html#ThreadId"><span class="Identifier">ThreadId</span></a><span class="Other">;</span> <span class="Identifier">call</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#sink"><span class="Identifier">sink</span></a> <a href="system.html#typed"><span class="Identifier">typed</span></a><span class="Other">)</span> {.<span class="Identifier">magic</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;Spawn&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span>
<span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
<dd>
<p>Always spawns a new task on the worker thread with <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">id</span></span></tt>, so that the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">call</span></span></tt> is <strong>always</strong> executed on the thread.</p>
<p><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">call</span></span></tt> has to be a proc call <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">p</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="Operator">...</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span></span></tt> where <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">p</span></span></tt> is gcsafe and has a return type that is either <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">void</span></span></tt> or compatible with <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">FlowVar</span><span class="Punctuation">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Punctuation">]</span></span></tt>.</p>
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<dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#preferSpawn"><span class="Identifier">preferSpawn</span></a><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#bool"><span class="Identifier">bool</span></a> {.<span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
<dd>
<p>Use this proc to determine quickly if a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">spawn</span></span></tt> or a direct call is preferable.</p>
<p>If it returns <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">true</span></span></tt>, a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">spawn</span></span></tt> may make sense. In general it is not necessary to call this directly; use the <a class="reference external" href="#spawnX.t">spawnX template</a> instead.</p>
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<div id="setMaxPoolSize-procs-all">
<div id="setMaxPoolSize,range[]">
<dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#setMaxPoolSize%2Crange%5B%5D"><span class="Identifier">setMaxPoolSize</span></a><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">size</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#range"><span class="Identifier">range</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="DecNumber">1</span> <span class="Operator">..</span> <span class="Identifier">MaxThreadPoolSize</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">)</span> {.<span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span>
<span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
<dd>
Sets the maximum thread pool size. The default value of this is <a class="reference external" href="#MaxThreadPoolSize">MaxThreadPoolSize</a>.
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<div id="setMinPoolSize,range[]">
<dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#setMinPoolSize%2Crange%5B%5D"><span class="Identifier">setMinPoolSize</span></a><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">size</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#range"><span class="Identifier">range</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="DecNumber">1</span> <span class="Operator">..</span> <span class="Identifier">MaxThreadPoolSize</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">)</span> {.<span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span>
<span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
<dd>
Sets the minimum thread pool size. The default value of this is 4.
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<div id="spawn,sinktyped">
<dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#spawn%2Csinktyped"><span class="Identifier">spawn</span></a><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">call</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#sink"><span class="Identifier">sink</span></a> <a href="system.html#typed"><span class="Identifier">typed</span></a><span class="Other">)</span> {.<span class="Identifier">magic</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;Spawn&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
<dd>
<p>Always spawns a new task, so that the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">call</span></span></tt> is never executed on the calling thread.</p>
<p><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">call</span></span></tt> has to be a proc call <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">p</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="Operator">...</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span></span></tt> where <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">p</span></span></tt> is gcsafe and has a return type that is either <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">void</span></span></tt> or compatible with <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">FlowVar</span><span class="Punctuation">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Punctuation">]</span></span></tt>.</p>
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<div id="sync">
<dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#sync"><span class="Identifier">sync</span></a><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Other">)</span> {.<span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">TimeEffect</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
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<p>A simple barrier to wait for all <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">spawn</span></span></tt>ed tasks.</p>
<p>If you need more elaborate waiting, you have to use an explicit barrier.</p>
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<div id="unsafeRead,FlowVar[ref.T]">
<dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#unsafeRead%2CFlowVar%5Bref.T%5D"><span class="Identifier">unsafeRead</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">fv</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="threadpool.html#FlowVar"><span class="Identifier">FlowVar</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Keyword">ref</span> <span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Keyword">ptr</span> <span class="Identifier">T</span></pre></dt>
<dd>
Blocks until the value is available and then returns this value.
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<div id="spawnX-templates-all">
<div id="spawnX.t">
<dt><pre><span class="Keyword">template</span> <a href="#spawnX.t"><span class="Identifier">spawnX</span></a><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">call</span><span class="Other">)</span></pre></dt>
<dd>
<p>Spawns a new task if a CPU core is ready, otherwise executes the call in the calling thread.</p>
<p>Usually, it is advised to use the <a class="reference external" href="#spawn,sinktyped">spawn proc</a> in order to not block the producer for an unknown amount of time.</p>
<p><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">call</span></span></tt> has to be a proc call <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">p</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="Operator">...</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span></span></tt> where <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">p</span></span></tt> is gcsafe and has a return type that is either 'void' or compatible with <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">FlowVar</span><span class="Punctuation">[</span><span class="Identifier">T</span><span class="Punctuation">]</span></span></tt>.</p>
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