From: Benjamin Geer <ben@socialtools.net>
To: skaller@users.sourceforge.net
Cc: The Caml Trade <caml-list@inria.fr>
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] transactions?
Date: Sun, 02 May 2004 14:36:22 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4094F956.3060206@socialtools.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1083468950.20722.189.camel@pelican.wigram>
skaller wrote:
> Is there an Ocaml eqivalent of begin/end blocking section?
> I.e. something that sets the global lock if threads
> are enabled (but still compiles if they're not)?
You can use camlp4's pa_ifdef.cmo to create a global mutex only if
threads are enabled. The utility functions below take care of this, as
well as unlocking the mutex if an exception is thrown.
---------------------------------------------------------------------
(* Implements try-with-finally. *)
let run_with_finally ~f ~(finally: unit -> unit) =
let res =
try
f ()
with e ->
finally ();
raise e
in
finally ();
res ;;
(* Locks a mutex, calls a function, then unlocks the mutex. The mutex
is also unlocked if the function throws an exception. *)
ifdef THREADS then
let run_in_mutex ~f ~(mutex : Mutex.t) =
Mutex.lock mutex;
run_with_finally ~f ~finally:(function () -> Mutex.unlock mutex) ;;
(* If threads are enabled, creates a mutex, otherwise returns unit. *)
let create_optional_mutex () =
(ifdef THREADS then
Mutex.create ()
else
()) ;;
(* Calls a function, using the supplied mutex if threads are enabled. *)
let run_in_optional_mutex ~f ~mutex =
(ifdef THREADS then
run_in_mutex ~f ~mutex
else
f ()) ;;
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Example usage:
---------------------------------------------------------------------
let hash_mutex = create_optional_mutex () ;;
let add_to_hash h k v =
run_in_optional_mutex
~f:(function () ->
if Hashtbl.mem h k then () else Hashtbl.add h k v)
~mutex:hash_mutex ;;
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Ben
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-05-02 13:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-05-02 3:35 skaller
2004-05-02 13:36 ` Benjamin Geer [this message]
2004-05-02 14:24 ` skaller
2004-05-02 14:59 ` Benjamin Geer
2004-05-02 15:51 ` [Caml-list] Camlp4 docs Martin Jambon
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