stk/Src/promise.c

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C

/*
*
* p r o m i s e . c -- Promises management
*
*
* Copyright © 1993-1999 Erick Gallesio - I3S-CNRS/ESSI <eg@unice.fr>
*
*
* Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute,and license this
* software and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted,
* provided that existing copyright notices are retained in all
* copies and that this notice is included verbatim in any
* distributions. No written agreement, license, or royalty fee is
* required for any of the authorized uses.
* This software is provided ``AS IS'' without express or implied
* warranty.
*
*
* Author: Erick Gallesio [eg@kaolin.unice.fr]
* Creation date: 2-Jun-1993 12:27
* Last file update: 3-Sep-1999 20:22 (eg)
*
*/
#include "stk.h"
/*
* Delay is implemented by syntax_delay in syntax.c
*/
PRIMITIVE STk_force(SCM promise)
{
SCM z;
if (NPROMISEP(promise)) return promise;
if (promise->storage_as.promise.resultknown)
/* promise was alraedy evaluated. Simply return expr field */
return promise->storage_as.promise.expr;
z = Apply(promise->storage_as.promise.expr, NIL);
if (promise->storage_as.promise.resultknown)
/* R4RS: "A promise may refer to its own value.... Forcing such
* a promise may cause the promise to be forced a second time before
* the first value has been computed.
*/
return promise->storage_as.promise.expr;
else {
promise->storage_as.promise.expr = z;
promise->storage_as.promise.resultknown = 1;
return z;
}
}
PRIMITIVE STk_promisep(SCM promise)
{
return PROMISEP(promise)? Truth: Ntruth;
}