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+/* classes: h_files */
+
+#ifndef SCM_FUTURES_H
+#define SCM_FUTURES_H
+
+/* Copyright (C) 2002, 2003, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+ */
+
+\f
+
+#if 0
+
+/* Futures have the following known bugs, which should be fixed before
+ including them in Guile:
+
+ - The implementation of the thread cache needs to be better so that
+ it behaves reasonable under heavy use.
+
+ - The dynamic state of a thread needs to be properly initialized
+ when it is retrieved from the cache.
+*/
+
+#include "libguile/__scm.h"
+#include "libguile/threads.h"
+
+\f
+
+typedef struct scm_t_future {
+ SCM data;
+ scm_i_pthread_mutex_t mutex;
+ scm_i_pthread_cond_t cond;
+ int status;
+ int die_p;
+} scm_t_future;
+
+#define SCM_FUTURE_DEAD 0
+#define SCM_FUTURE_SIGNAL_ME -1
+#define SCM_FUTURE_COMPUTING 1
+#define SCM_FUTURE_TASK_ASSIGNED 2
+
+#define SCM_VALIDATE_FUTURE(pos, obj) \
+ SCM_ASSERT_TYPE (SCM_TYP16_PREDICATE (scm_tc16_future, obj), \
+ obj, pos, FUNC_NAME, "future");
+#define SCM_FUTURE(future) ((scm_t_future *) SCM_SMOB_DATA_2 (future))
+#define SCM_FUTURE_MUTEX(future) (&SCM_FUTURE (future)->mutex)
+#define SCM_FUTURE_COND(future) (&SCM_FUTURE (future)->cond)
+#define SCM_FUTURE_STATUS(future) (SCM_FUTURE (future)->status)
+#define SCM_SET_FUTURE_STATUS(future, x) \
+ do { SCM_FUTURE (future)->status = (x); } while (0)
+#define SCM_FUTURE_ALIVE_P(future) (SCM_FUTURE_STATUS (future))
+#define SCM_FUTURE_DATA(future) (SCM_FUTURE (future)->data)
+#define SCM_SET_FUTURE_DATA(future, x) \
+ do { SCM_FUTURE (future)->data = (x); } while (0)
+#define SCM_FUTURE_NEXT SCM_SMOB_OBJECT
+#define SCM_FUTURE_NEXTLOC SCM_SMOB_OBJECT_LOC
+#define SCM_SET_FUTURE_NEXT SCM_SET_SMOB_OBJECT
+
+SCM_API scm_t_bits scm_tc16_future;
+
+extern SCM *scm_loc_sys_thread_handler;
+
+SCM_API SCM scm_i_make_future (SCM thunk);
+SCM_API SCM scm_make_future (SCM thunk);
+SCM_API SCM scm_future_ref (SCM future);
+
+void scm_init_futures (void);
+
+#endif /* Futures are disabled for now. */
+
+#endif /* SCM_FUTURES_H */
+
+/*
+ Local Variables:
+ c-file-style: "gnu"
+ End:
+*/