actor-id
actor-message-handler
+ *current-actor*
+
;;; Commenting out the <address> type for now;
;;; it may be back when we have better serializers
;; <address>
actor-init! actor-cleanup!
- actor-alive?
-
build-actions
define-actor
<- <-wait
- spawn-hive run-hive))
+ spawn-hive run-hive
+
+ ;; Maybe the wrong place for this, or for it to be exported.
+ ;; But it's used in websockets' server implementation at least...
+ live-wrap))
;; For ids
(set! *random-state* (random-state-from-platform))
#:message message))
(apply method actor message (message-body message)))
-(define-syntax-rule (wrap-apply body)
+(define-syntax-rule (live-wrap body)
"Wrap possibly multi-value function in a procedure, applies all arguments"
(lambda args
(apply body args)))
(define-syntax-rule (build-actions (symbol method) ...)
"Construct an alist of (symbol . method), where the method is wrapped
-with wrap-apply to facilitate live hacking and allow the method definition
+with `live-wrap' to facilitate live hacking and allow the method definition
to come after class definition."
(build-rmeta-slot
(list (cons (quote symbol)
- (wrap-apply method)) ...)))
+ (live-wrap method)) ...)))
(define-class <actor> ()
;; An address object... a vector of #(actor-id hive-id inbox-channel dead?)
(*actor-prompt* #f)
(actor-cleanup! actor))
-;; From a patch I sent to Fibers...
-(define (condition-signalled? cvar)
- "Return @code{#t} if @var{cvar} has already been signalled.
-
-In general you will want to use @code{wait} or @code{wait-operation} to
-wait on a condition. However, sometimes it is useful to see whether or
-not a condition has already been signalled without blocking."
- (atomic-box-ref ((@@ (fibers conditions) condition-signalled?) cvar)))
-
-(define (actor-alive? actor)
- (condition-signalled? (address-dead? (actor-id actor))))