## # A delayed-execution promise. Promises are only executed once. # # @example # x = promise { factorial 20 } # y = promise { fibonacci 10**6 } # a = x + 1 # => factorial 20 + 1 after factorial calculates # result = promise { a += y } # abort "" # whew, we never needed to calculate y # # @example # y = 5 # x = promise { y = y + 5 } # x + 5 # => 15 # x + 5 # => 15 # class Promise < defined?(BasicObject) ? BasicObject : ::Object NOT_SET = ::Object.new.freeze instance_methods.each { |m| undef_method m unless m =~ /^(__.*|object_id)$/ } ## # Creates a new promise. # # @example Lazily evaluate a database call # result = promise { @db.query("SELECT * FROM TABLE") } # # @yield [] The block to evaluate lazily. # @see Kernel#promise def initialize(&block) if block.arity > 0 ::Kernel.raise ::ArgumentError, "Cannot store a promise that requires an argument" end @block = block @mutex = ::Mutex.new @result = NOT_SET @error = NOT_SET end ## # Force the evaluation of this promise immediately # # @return [Object] def __force__ @mutex.synchronize do if @result.equal?(NOT_SET) && @error.equal?(NOT_SET) begin @result = @block.call rescue ::Exception => e @error = e end end end if @result.equal?(NOT_SET) && @error.equal?(NOT_SET) # BasicObject won't send raise to Kernel @error.equal?(NOT_SET) ? @result : ::Kernel.raise(@error) end alias_method :force, :__force__ ## # Does this promise support the given method? # # @param [Symbol, Boolean] # @return [Boolean] def respond_to?(method, include_all=false) # If the promised object implements marshal_dump, Marshal will use it in # preference to our _dump, so make sure that doesn't happen. return false if :marshal_dump.equal?(method) :_dump.equal?(method) || # for Marshal :force.equal?(method) || :__force__.equal?(method) || __force__.respond_to?(method, include_all) end ## # Method used by Marshal to serialize the object. Forces evaluation. # # @param [Integer] limit -- refer to Marshal doc # @return [Object] def _dump(limit) ::Marshal.dump(__force__, limit) end ## # Method used by Marshal to deserialize the object. # # @param [Object] # @return [Promise] def self._load(obj) ::Marshal.load(obj) end private def method_missing(method, *args, &block) __force__.__send__(method, *args, &block) end end module Kernel ## # Creates a new promise. # # @example Lazily evaluate an arithmetic operation # x = promise { 3 + 3 } # # @yield [] # A block to be lazily evaluated. # @yieldreturn [Object] # The return value of the block will be the lazily evaluated value of the promise. # @return [Promise] def promise(&block) Promise.new(&block) end end