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authorKartik K. Agaram <vc@akkartik.com>2016-07-05 01:08:00 -0700
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+<pre id='vimCodeElement'>
+<span class="Comment"># Mu synchronizes using channels rather than locks, like Erlang and Go.</span>
+<span class="Comment">#</span>
+<span class="Comment"># The two ends of a channel will usually belong to different routines, but</span>
+<span class="Comment"># each end should (currently) only be used by a single one. Don't try to read</span>
+<span class="Comment"># from or write to it from multiple routines at once.</span>
+<span class="Comment">#</span>
+<span class="Comment"># Key properties of channels:</span>
+<span class="Comment">#</span>
+<span class="Comment"># a) Writing to a full channel or reading from an empty one will put the</span>
+<span class="Comment"># current routine in 'waiting' state until the operation can be completed.</span>
+<span class="Comment">#</span>
+<span class="Comment"># b) Writing to a channel implicitly performs a deep copy, to prevent</span>
+<span class="Comment"># addresses from being shared between routines, thereby causing race</span>
+<span class="Comment"># conditions.</span>
+
+<span class="muScenario">scenario</span> channel [
+  run [
+    <span class="Constant">local-scope</span>
+    source:address:source:number, sink:address:sink:number<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>new-channel <span class="Constant">3/capacity</span>
+    sink<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>write sink, <span class="Constant">34</span>
+    <span class="Constant">10</span>:number/<span class="Special">raw</span>, <span class="Constant">11</span>:boolean/<span class="Special">raw</span>, source<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>read source
+  ]
+  memory-should-contain [
+    <span class="Constant">10</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">34</span>
+    <span class="Constant">11</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">0</span>  <span class="Comment"># read was successful</span>
+  ]
+]
+
+<span class="muData">container</span> channel:_elem [
+  <span class="Comment"># To avoid locking, writer and reader will never write to the same location.</span>
+  <span class="Comment"># So channels will include fields in pairs, one for the writer and one for the</span>
+  <span class="Comment"># reader.</span>
+  first-full:number  <span class="Comment"># for write</span>
+  first-free:number  <span class="Comment"># for read</span>
+  <span class="Comment"># A circular buffer contains values from index first-full up to (but not</span>
+  <span class="Comment"># including) index first-empty. The reader always modifies it at first-full,</span>
+  <span class="Comment"># while the writer always modifies it at first-empty.</span>
+  data:address:array:_elem
+]
+
+<span class="Comment"># Since channels have two ends, and since it's an error to use either end from</span>
+<span class="Comment"># multiple routines, let's distinguish the ends.</span>
+
+<span class="muData">container</span> source:_elem [
+  chan:address:channel:_elem
+]
+
+<span class="muData">container</span> sink:_elem [
+  chan:address:channel:_elem
+]
+
+<span class="muRecipe">def</span> new-channel capacity:number<span class="muRecipe"> -&gt; </span>in:address:source:_elem, out:address:sink:_elem [
+  <span class="Constant">local-scope</span>
+  <span class="Constant">load-ingredients</span>
+  result:address:channel:_elem<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>new <span class="Delimiter">{</span>(channel _elem): type<span class="Delimiter">}</span>
+  *result<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>put *result, <span class="Constant">first-full:offset</span>, <span class="Constant">0</span>
+  *result<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>put *result, <span class="Constant">first-free:offset</span>, <span class="Constant">0</span>
+  capacity<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>add capacity, <span class="Constant">1</span>  <span class="Comment"># unused slot for 'full?' below</span>
+  data:address:array:_elem<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>new <span class="Constant">_elem:type</span>, capacity
+  *result<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>put *result, <span class="Constant">data:offset</span>, data
+  in<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>new <span class="Delimiter">{</span>(source _elem): type<span class="Delimiter">}</span>
+  *in<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>put *in, <span class="Constant">chan:offset</span>, result
+  out<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>new <span class="Delimiter">{</span>(sink _elem): type<span class="Delimiter">}</span>
+  *out<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>put *out, <span class="Constant">chan:offset</span>, result
+]
+
+<span class="muRecipe">def</span> write out:address:sink:_elem, val:_elem<span class="muRecipe"> -&gt; </span>out:address:sink:_elem [
+  <span class="Constant">local-scope</span>
+  <span class="Constant">load-ingredients</span>
+  chan:address:channel:_elem<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>get *out, <span class="Constant">chan:offset</span>
+<span class="Constant">  &lt;channel-write-initial&gt;</span>
+  <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
+    <span class="Comment"># block if chan is full</span>
+    full:boolean<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>channel-full? chan
+    <span class="muControl">break-unless</span> full
+    full-address:location<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>get-location *chan, <span class="Constant">first-full:offset</span>
+    wait-for-location full-address
+  <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
+  <span class="Comment"># store a deep copy of val</span>
+  circular-buffer:address:array:_elem<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>get *chan, <span class="Constant">data:offset</span>
+  free:number<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>get *chan, <span class="Constant">first-free:offset</span>
+  val-copy:_elem<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>deep-copy val  <span class="Comment"># on this instruction rests all Mu's concurrency-safety</span>
+  *circular-buffer<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>put-index *circular-buffer, free, val-copy
+  <span class="Comment"># mark its slot as filled</span>
+  free<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>add free, <span class="Constant">1</span>
+  <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
+    <span class="Comment"># wrap free around to 0 if necessary</span>
+    len:number<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>length *circular-buffer
+    at-end?:boolean<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>greater-or-equal free, len
+    <span class="muControl">break-unless</span> at-end?
+    free<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>copy <span class="Constant">0</span>
+  <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
+  <span class="Comment"># write back</span>
+  *chan<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>put *chan, <span class="Constant">first-free:offset</span>, free
+]
+
+<span class="muRecipe">def</span> read in:address:source:_elem<span class="muRecipe"> -&gt; </span>result:_elem, fail?:boolean, in:address:source:_elem [
+  <span class="Constant">local-scope</span>
+  <span class="Constant">load-ingredients</span>
+  fail?<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>copy <span class="Constant">0/false</span>  <span class="Comment"># default status</span>
+  chan:address:channel:_elem<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>get *in, <span class="Constant">chan:offset</span>
+  <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
+    <span class="Comment"># block if chan is empty</span>
+    empty?:boolean<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>channel-empty? chan
+    <span class="muControl">break-unless</span> empty?
+<span class="Constant">    &lt;channel-read-empty&gt;</span>
+    free-address:location<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>get-location *chan, <span class="Constant">first-free:offset</span>
+    wait-for-location free-address
+  <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
+  <span class="Comment"># pull result off</span>
+  full:number<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>get *chan, <span class="Constant">first-full:offset</span>
+  circular-buffer:address:array:_elem<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>get *chan, <span class="Constant">data:offset</span>
+  result<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>index *circular-buffer, full
+  <span class="Comment"># clear the slot</span>
+  empty:address:_elem<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>new <span class="Constant">_elem:type</span>
+  *circular-buffer<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>put-index *circular-buffer, full, *empty
+  <span class="Comment"># mark its slot as empty</span>
+  full<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>add full, <span class="Constant">1</span>
+  <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
+    <span class="Comment"># wrap full around to 0 if necessary</span>
+    len:number<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>length *circular-buffer
+    at-end?:boolean<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>greater-or-equal full, len
+    <span class="muControl">break-unless</span> at-end?
+    full<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>copy <span class="Constant">0</span>
+  <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
+  <span class="Comment"># write back</span>
+  *chan<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>put *chan, <span class="Constant">first-full:offset</span>, full
+]
+
+<span class="muRecipe">def</span> clear in:address:source:_elem<span class="muRecipe"> -&gt; </span>in:address:source:_elem [
+  <span class="Constant">local-scope</span>
+  <span class="Constant">load-ingredients</span>
+  chan:address:channel:_elem<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>get *in, <span class="Constant">chan:offset</span>
+  <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
+    empty?:boolean<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>channel-empty? chan
+    <span class="muControl">break-if</span> empty?
+    _, _, in<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>read in
+  <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
+]
+
+<span class="muScenario">scenario</span> channel-initialization [
+  run [
+    <span class="Constant">local-scope</span>
+    source:address:source:number<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>new-channel <span class="Constant">3/capacity</span>
+    chan:address:channel:number<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>get *source, <span class="Constant">chan:offset</span>
+    <span class="Constant">10</span>:number/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>get *chan, <span class="Constant">first-full:offset</span>
+    <span class="Constant">11</span>:number/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>get *chan, <span class="Constant">first-free:offset</span>
+  ]
+  memory-should-contain [
+    <span class="Constant">10</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">0</span>  <span class="Comment"># first-full</span>
+    <span class="Constant">11</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">0</span>  <span class="Comment"># first-free</span>
+  ]
+]
+
+<span class="muScenario">scenario</span> channel-write-increments-free [
+  run [
+    <span class="Constant">local-scope</span>
+    _, sink:address:sink:number<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>new-channel <span class="Constant">3/capacity</span>
+    sink<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>write sink, <span class="Constant">34</span>
+    chan:address:channel:number<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>get *sink, <span class="Constant">chan:offset</span>
+    <span class="Constant">10</span>:number/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>get *chan, <span class="Constant">first-full:offset</span>
+    <span class="Constant">11</span>:number/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>get *chan, <span class="Constant">first-free:offset</span>
+  ]
+  memory-should-contain [
+    <span class="Constant">10</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">0</span>  <span class="Comment"># first-full</span>
+    <span class="Constant">11</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">1</span>  <span class="Comment"># first-free</span>
+  ]
+]
+
+<span class="muScenario">scenario</span> channel-read-increments-full [
+  run [
+    <span class="Constant">local-scope</span>
+    source:address:source:number, sink:address:sink:number<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>new-channel <span class="Constant">3/capacity</span>
+    sink<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>write sink, <span class="Constant">34</span>
+    _, _, source<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>read source
+    chan:address:channel:number<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>get *source, <span class="Constant">chan:offset</span>
+    <span class="Constant">10</span>:number/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>get *chan, <span class="Constant">first-full:offset</span>
+    <span class="Constant">11</span>:number/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>get *chan, <span class="Constant">first-free:offset</span>
+  ]
+  memory-should-contain [
+    <span class="Constant">10</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">1</span>  <span class="Comment"># first-full</span>
+    <span class="Constant">11</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">1</span>  <span class="Comment"># first-free</span>
+  ]
+]
+
+<span class="muScenario">scenario</span> channel-wrap [
+  run [
+    <span class="Constant">local-scope</span>
+    <span class="Comment"># channel with just 1 slot</span>
+    source:address:source:number, sink:address:sink:number<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>new-channel <span class="Constant">1/capacity</span>
+    chan:address:channel:number<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>get *source, <span class="Constant">chan:offset</span>
+    <span class="Comment"># write and read a value</span>
+    sink<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>write sink, <span class="Constant">34</span>
+    _, _, source<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>read source
+    <span class="Comment"># first-free will now be 1</span>
+    <span class="Constant">10</span>:number/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>get *chan, <span class="Constant">first-free:offset</span>
+    <span class="Constant">11</span>:number/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>get *chan, <span class="Constant">first-free:offset</span>
+    <span class="Comment"># write second value, verify that first-free wraps</span>
+    sink<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>write sink, <span class="Constant">34</span>
+    <span class="Constant">20</span>:number/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>get *chan, <span class="Constant">first-free:offset</span>
+    <span class="Comment"># read second value, verify that first-full wraps</span>
+    _, _, source<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>read source
+    <span class="Constant">30</span>:number/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>get *chan, <span class="Constant">first-full:offset</span>
+  ]
+  memory-should-contain [
+    <span class="Constant">10</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">1</span>  <span class="Comment"># first-free after first write</span>
+    <span class="Constant">11</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">1</span>  <span class="Comment"># first-full after first read</span>
+    <span class="Constant">20</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">0</span>  <span class="Comment"># first-free after second write, wrapped</span>
+    <span class="Constant">30</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">0</span>  <span class="Comment"># first-full after second read, wrapped</span>
+  ]
+]
+
+<span class="muScenario">scenario</span> channel-new-empty-not-full [
+  run [
+    <span class="Constant">local-scope</span>
+    source:address:source:number<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>new-channel <span class="Constant">3/capacity</span>
+    chan:address:channel:number<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>get *source, <span class="Constant">chan:offset</span>
+    <span class="Constant">10</span>:boolean/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>channel-empty? chan
+    <span class="Constant">11</span>:boolean/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>channel-full? chan
+  ]
+  memory-should-contain [
+    <span class="Constant">10</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">1</span>  <span class="Comment"># empty?</span>
+    <span class="Constant">11</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">0</span>  <span class="Comment"># full?</span>
+  ]
+]
+
+<span class="muScenario">scenario</span> channel-write-not-empty [
+  run [
+    source:address:source:number, sink:address:sink:number<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>new-channel <span class="Constant">3/capacity</span>
+    chan:address:channel:number<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>get *source, <span class="Constant">chan:offset</span>
+    sink<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>write sink, <span class="Constant">34</span>
+    <span class="Constant">10</span>:boolean/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>channel-empty? chan
+    <span class="Constant">11</span>:boolean/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>channel-full? chan
+  ]
+  memory-should-contain [
+    <span class="Constant">10</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">0</span>  <span class="Comment"># empty?</span>
+    <span class="Constant">11</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">0</span>  <span class="Comment"># full?</span>
+  ]
+]
+
+<span class="muScenario">scenario</span> channel-write-full [
+  run [
+    <span class="Constant">local-scope</span>
+    source:address:source:number, sink:address:sink:number<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>new-channel <span class="Constant">1/capacity</span>
+    chan:address:channel:number<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>get *source, <span class="Constant">chan:offset</span>
+    sink<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>write sink, <span class="Constant">34</span>
+    <span class="Constant">10</span>:boolean/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>channel-empty? chan
+    <span class="Constant">11</span>:boolean/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>channel-full? chan
+  ]
+  memory-should-contain [
+    <span class="Constant">10</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">0</span>  <span class="Comment"># empty?</span>
+    <span class="Constant">11</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">1</span>  <span class="Comment"># full?</span>
+  ]
+]
+
+<span class="muScenario">scenario</span> channel-read-not-full [
+  run [
+    <span class="Constant">local-scope</span>
+    source:address:source:number, sink:address:sink:number<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>new-channel <span class="Constant">1/capacity</span>
+    chan:address:channel:number<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>get *source, <span class="Constant">chan:offset</span>
+    sink<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>write sink, <span class="Constant">34</span>
+    _, _, source<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>read source
+    <span class="Constant">10</span>:boolean/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>channel-empty? chan
+    <span class="Constant">11</span>:boolean/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>channel-full? chan
+  ]
+  memory-should-contain [
+    <span class="Constant">10</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">1</span>  <span class="Comment"># empty?</span>
+    <span class="Constant">11</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">0</span>  <span class="Comment"># full?</span>
+  ]
+]
+
+<span class="SalientComment">## cancelling channels</span>
+
+<span class="Comment"># every channel comes with a boolean signifying if it's been closed</span>
+<span class="Comment"># initially this boolean is false</span>
+<span class="muData">container</span> channel:_elem [
+  closed?:boolean
+]
+
+<span class="Comment"># a channel can be closed from either the source or the sink</span>
+<span class="Comment"># both routines can modify the 'closed?' bit, but they can only ever set it, so this is a benign race</span>
+<span class="muRecipe">def</span> close x:address:source:_elem<span class="muRecipe"> -&gt; </span>x:address:source:_elem [
+  <span class="Constant">local-scope</span>
+  <span class="Constant">load-ingredients</span>
+  chan:address:channel:_elem<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>get *x, <span class="Constant">chan:offset</span>
+  *chan<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>put *chan, <span class="Constant">closed?:offset</span>, <span class="Constant">1/true</span>
+]
+<span class="muRecipe">def</span> close x:address:sink:_elem<span class="muRecipe"> -&gt; </span>x:address:sink:_elem [
+  <span class="Constant">local-scope</span>
+  <span class="Constant">load-ingredients</span>
+  chan:address:channel:_elem<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>get *x, <span class="Constant">chan:offset</span>
+  *chan<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>put *chan, <span class="Constant">closed?:offset</span>, <span class="Constant">1/true</span>
+]
+
+<span class="Comment"># once a channel is closed from one side, no further operations are expected from that side</span>
+<span class="Comment"># if a channel is closed for reading,</span>
+<span class="Comment">#   no further writes will be let through</span>
+<span class="Comment"># if a channel is closed for writing,</span>
+<span class="Comment">#   future reads continue until the channel empties,</span>
+<span class="Comment">#   then the channel is also closed for reading</span>
+<span class="muRecipe">after</span> <span class="Constant">&lt;channel-write-initial&gt;</span> [
+  closed?:boolean<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>get *chan, <span class="Constant">closed?:offset</span>
+  <span class="muControl">return-if</span> closed?
+]
+
+<span class="muRecipe">after</span> <span class="Constant">&lt;channel-read-empty&gt;</span> [
+  closed?:boolean<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>get *chan, <span class="Constant">closed?:offset</span>
+  <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
+    <span class="muControl">break-unless</span> closed?
+    empty-result:address:_elem<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>new <span class="Constant">_elem:type</span>
+    <span class="muControl">return</span> *empty-result, <span class="Constant">1/true</span>
+  <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
+]
+
+<span class="SalientComment">## helpers</span>
+
+<span class="Comment"># An empty channel has first-empty and first-full both at the same value.</span>
+<span class="muRecipe">def</span> channel-empty? chan:address:channel:_elem<span class="muRecipe"> -&gt; </span>result:boolean [
+  <span class="Constant">local-scope</span>
+  <span class="Constant">load-ingredients</span>
+  <span class="Comment"># return chan.first-full == chan.first-free</span>
+  full:number<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>get *chan, <span class="Constant">first-full:offset</span>
+  free:number<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>get *chan, <span class="Constant">first-free:offset</span>
+  result<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>equal full, free
+]
+
+<span class="Comment"># A full channel has first-empty just before first-full, wasting one slot.</span>
+<span class="Comment"># (Other alternatives: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circular_buffer#Full_.2F_Empty_Buffer_Distinction)">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circular_buffer#Full_.2F_Empty_Buffer_Distinction)</a></span>
+<span class="muRecipe">def</span> channel-full? chan:address:channel:_elem<span class="muRecipe"> -&gt; </span>result:boolean [
+  <span class="Constant">local-scope</span>
+  <span class="Constant">load-ingredients</span>
+  <span class="Comment"># tmp = chan.first-free + 1</span>
+  tmp:number<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>get *chan, <span class="Constant">first-free:offset</span>
+  tmp<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>add tmp, <span class="Constant">1</span>
+  <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
+    <span class="Comment"># if tmp == chan.capacity, tmp = 0</span>
+    len:number<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>capacity chan
+    at-end?:boolean<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>greater-or-equal tmp, len
+    <span class="muControl">break-unless</span> at-end?
+    tmp<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>copy <span class="Constant">0</span>
+  <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
+  <span class="Comment"># return chan.first-full == tmp</span>
+  full:number<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>get *chan, <span class="Constant">first-full:offset</span>
+  result<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>equal full, tmp
+]
+
+<span class="muRecipe">def</span> capacity chan:address:channel:_elem<span class="muRecipe"> -&gt; </span>result:number [
+  <span class="Constant">local-scope</span>
+  <span class="Constant">load-ingredients</span>
+  q:address:array:_elem<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>get *chan, <span class="Constant">data:offset</span>
+  result<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>length *q
+]
+
+<span class="Comment"># helper for channels of characters in particular</span>
+<span class="muRecipe">def</span> buffer-lines in:address:source:character, buffered-out:address:sink:character<span class="muRecipe"> -&gt; </span>buffered-out:address:sink:character, in:address:source:character [
+  <span class="Constant">local-scope</span>
+  <span class="Constant">load-ingredients</span>
+  <span class="Comment"># repeat forever</span>
+  eof?:boolean<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>copy <span class="Constant">0/false</span>
+  <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
+    line:address:buffer<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>new-buffer <span class="Constant">30</span>
+    <span class="Comment"># read characters from 'in' until newline, copy into line</span>
+    <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
+<span class="Constant">      +next-character</span>
+      c:character, eof?:boolean, in<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>read in
+      <span class="muControl">break-if</span> eof?
+      <span class="Comment"># drop a character on backspace</span>
+      <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
+        <span class="Comment"># special-case: if it's a backspace</span>
+        backspace?:boolean<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>equal c, <span class="Constant">8</span>
+        <span class="muControl">break-unless</span> backspace?
+        <span class="Comment"># drop previous character</span>
+        <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
+          buffer-length:number<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>get *line, <span class="Constant">length:offset</span>
+          buffer-empty?:boolean<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>equal buffer-length, <span class="Constant">0</span>
+          <span class="muControl">break-if</span> buffer-empty?
+          buffer-length<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>subtract buffer-length, <span class="Constant">1</span>
+          *line<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>put *line, <span class="Constant">length:offset</span>, buffer-length
+        <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
+        <span class="Comment"># and don't append this one</span>
+        <span class="muControl">loop</span> <span class="Constant">+next-character:label</span>
+      <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
+      <span class="Comment"># append anything else</span>
+      line<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>append line, c
+      line-done?:boolean<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>equal c, <span class="Constant">10/newline</span>
+      <span class="muControl">break-if</span> line-done?
+      <span class="muControl">loop</span>
+    <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
+    <span class="Comment"># copy line into 'buffered-out'</span>
+    i:number<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>copy <span class="Constant">0</span>
+    line-contents:address:array:character<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>get *line, <span class="Constant">data:offset</span>
+    max:number<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>get *line, <span class="Constant">length:offset</span>
+    <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
+      done?:boolean<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>greater-or-equal i, max
+      <span class="muControl">break-if</span> done?
+      c:character<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>index *line-contents, i
+      buffered-out<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>write buffered-out, c
+      i<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>add i, <span class="Constant">1</span>
+      <span class="muControl">loop</span>
+    <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
+    <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
+      <span class="muControl">break-unless</span> eof?
+      buffered-out<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>close buffered-out
+      <span class="muControl">return</span>
+    <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
+    <span class="muControl">loop</span>
+  <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
+]
+
+<span class="muScenario">scenario</span> buffer-lines-blocks-until-newline [
+  run [
+    <span class="Constant">local-scope</span>
+    source:address:source:character, sink:address:sink:character<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>new-channel <span class="Constant">10/capacity</span>
+    _, buffered-stdin:address:sink:character/buffered-stdin<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>new-channel <span class="Constant">10/capacity</span>
+    buffered-chan:address:channel:character<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>get *buffered-stdin, <span class="Constant">chan:offset</span>
+    empty?:boolean<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>channel-empty? buffered-chan
+    assert empty?, <span class="Constant">[ </span>
+<span class="Constant">F buffer-lines-blocks-until-newline: channel should be empty after init]</span>
+    <span class="Comment"># buffer stdin into buffered-stdin, try to read from buffered-stdin</span>
+    buffer-routine:number<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>start-running buffer-lines, source, buffered-stdin
+    wait-for-routine buffer-routine
+    empty?<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>channel-empty? buffered-chan
+    assert empty?:boolean, <span class="Constant">[ </span>
+<span class="Constant">F buffer-lines-blocks-until-newline: channel should be empty after buffer-lines bring-up]</span>
+    <span class="Comment"># write 'a'</span>
+    sink<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>write sink, <span class="Constant">97/a</span>
+    restart buffer-routine
+    wait-for-routine buffer-routine
+    empty?<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>channel-empty? buffered-chan
+    assert empty?:boolean, <span class="Constant">[ </span>
+<span class="Constant">F buffer-lines-blocks-until-newline: channel should be empty after writing 'a']</span>
+    <span class="Comment"># write 'b'</span>
+    sink<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>write sink, <span class="Constant">98/b</span>
+    restart buffer-routine
+    wait-for-routine buffer-routine
+    empty?<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>channel-empty? buffered-chan
+    assert empty?:boolean, <span class="Constant">[ </span>
+<span class="Constant">F buffer-lines-blocks-until-newline: channel should be empty after writing 'b']</span>
+    <span class="Comment"># write newline</span>
+    sink<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>write sink, <span class="Constant">10/newline</span>
+    restart buffer-routine
+    wait-for-routine buffer-routine
+    empty?<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>channel-empty? buffered-chan
+    data-emitted?:boolean<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>not empty?
+    assert data-emitted?, <span class="Constant">[ </span>
+<span class="Constant">F buffer-lines-blocks-until-newline: channel should contain data after writing newline]</span>
+    trace <span class="Constant">1</span>, <span class="Constant">[test]</span>, <span class="Constant">[reached end]</span>
+  ]
+  trace-should-contain [
+    test: reached end
+  ]
+]
+</pre>
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