//: Continuations are a powerful primitive for constructing advanced kinds of //: control *policies* like back-tracking. //: //: In Mu, continuations are first-class and delimited, and are constructed //: out of two primitives: //: //: * 'call-with-continuation-mark' marks the top of the call stack and then //: calls the provided function. //: * 'return-continuation-until-mark' copies the top of the stack //: until the mark, and returns it as the result of //: call-with-continuation-mark (which might be a distant ancestor on the call //: stack; intervening calls don't return) //: //: The resulting slice of the stack can now be called just like a regular //: function. :(before "End Mu Types Initialization") type_ordinal continuation = Type_ordinal["continuation"] = Next_type_ordinal++; Type[continuation].name = "continuation"; //: A continuation can be called like a recipe. :(before "End is_mu_recipe Atom Cases(r)") if (r.type->name == "continuation") return true; //: However, it can't be type-checked like most recipes. Pretend it's like a //: header-less recipe. :(after "Begin Reagent->Recipe(r, recipe_header)") if (r.type->atom && r.type->name == "continuation") { result_header.has_header = false; return result_header; } :(scenario delimited_continuation) recipe main [ 1:continuation <- call-with-continuation-mark f, 77 # 77 is an argument to f 2:number <- copy 5 { 2:number <- call 1:continuation, 2:number # 2 is an argument to g, the 'top' of the continuation 3:boolean <- greater-or-equal 2:number, 8 break-if 3:boolean loop } ] recipe f [ 11:number <- next-ingredient 12:number <- g 11:number return 12:number ] recipe g [ 21:number <- next-ingredient rewind-ingredients return-continuation-until-mark # calls of the continuation start from here 22:number <- next-ingredient 23:number <- add 22:number, 1 return 23:number ] # first call of 'g' executes the part before return-continuation-until-mark +mem: storing 77 in location 21 +run: {2: "number"} <- copy {5: "literal"} +mem: storing 5 in location 2 # calls of the continuation execute the part after return-continuation-until-mark +run: {2: "number"} <- call {1: "continuation"}, {2: "number"} +mem: storing 5 in location 22 +mem: storing 6 in location 2 +run: {2: "number"} <- call {1: "continuation"}, {2: "number"} +mem: storing 6 in location 22 +mem: storing 7 in location 2 +run: {2: "number"} <- call {1: "continuation"}, {2: "number"} +mem: storing 7 in location 22 +mem: storing 8 in location 2 # first call of 'g' does not execute the part after return-continuation-until-mark -mem: storing 77 in location 22 # calls of the continuation don't execute the part before return-continuation-until-mark -mem: storing 5 in location 21 -mem: storing 6 in location 21 -mem: storing 7 in location 21 # termination -mem: storing 9 in location 2 :(before "End call Fields") bool is_base_of_continuation; :(before "End call Constructor") is_base_of_continuation = false; :(before "End Primitive Recipe Declarations") CALL_WITH_CONTINUATION_MARK, :(before "End Primitive Recipe Numbers") Recipe_ordinal["call-with-continuation-mark"] = CALL_WITH_CONTINUATION_MARK; :(before "End Primitive Recipe Checks") case CALL_WITH_CONTINUATION_MARK: { break; } :(before "End Primitive Recipe Implementations") case CALL_WITH_CONTINUATION_MARK: { // like call, but mark the current call as a 'base of continuation' call // before pushing the next one on it if (Trace_stream) { ++Trace_stream->callstack_depth; trace("trace") << "delimited continuation; incrementing callstack depth to " << Trace_stream->callstack_depth << end(); assert(Trace_stream->callstack_depth < 9000); // 9998-101 plus cushion } const instruction& caller_instruction = current_instruction(); Current_routine->calls.front().is_base_of_continuation = true; Current_routine->calls.push_front(call(Recipe_ordinal[current_instruction().ingredients.at(0).name])); ingredients.erase(ingredients.begin()); // drop the callee finish_call_housekeeping(caller_instruction, ingredients); continue; } //: save the slice of current call stack until the 'call-with-continuation-mark' //: call, and return it as the result. //: todo: implement delimited continuations in Mu's memory :(before "End Globals") map Delimited_continuation; long long int Next_delimited_continuation_id = 0; :(before "End Reset") Delimited_continuation.clear(); Next_delimited_continuation_id = 0; :(before "End Primitive Recipe Declarations") RETURN_CONTINUATION_UNTIL_MARK, :(before "End Primitive Recipe Numbers") Recipe_ordinal["return-continuation-until-mark"] = RETURN_CONTINUATION_UNTIL_MARK; :(before "End Primitive Recipe Checks") case RETURN_CONTINUATION_UNTIL_MARK: { break; } :(before "End Primitive Recipe Implementations") case RETURN_CONTINUATION_UNTIL_MARK: { // first clear any existing ingredients, to isolate the creation of the // continuation from its calls Current_routine->calls.front().ingredient_atoms.clear(); Current_routine->calls.front().next_ingredient_to_process = 0; // copy the current call stack until the most recent marked call call_stack::iterator find_base_of_continuation(call_stack& c); // manual prototype containing '::' call_stack::iterator base = find_base_of_continuation(Current_routine->calls); if (base == Current_routine->calls.end()) { raise << maybe(current_recipe_name()) << "couldn't find a 'call-with-continuation-mark' to return to\n" << end(); raise << maybe(current_recipe_name()) << "call stack:\n" << end(); for (call_stack::iterator p = Current_routine->calls.begin(); p != Current_routine->calls.end(); ++p) raise << maybe(current_recipe_name()) << " " << get(Recipe, p->running_recipe).name << '\n' << end(); break; } Delimited_continuation[Next_delimited_continuation_id] = call_stack(Current_routine->calls.begin(), base); while (Current_routine->calls.begin() != base) { if (Trace_stream) { --Trace_stream->callstack_depth; assert(Trace_stream->callstack_depth >= 0); } Current_routine->calls.pop_front(); } // return it as the result of the marked call products.resize(1); products.at(0).push_back(Next_delimited_continuation_id); ++Next_delimited_continuation_id; break; // continue to process rest of marked call } :(code) call_stack::iterator find_base_of_continuation(call_stack& c) { for (call_stack::iterator p = c.begin(); p != c.end(); ++p) if (p->is_base_of_continuation) return p; return c.end(); } //: overload 'call' for continuations :(after "Begin Call") if (current_instruction().ingredients.at(0).type->atom && current_instruction().ingredients.at(0).type->name == "continuation") { // copy multiple calls on to current call stack assert(scalar(ingredients.at(0))); if (Delimited_continuation.find(ingredients.at(0).at(0)) == Delimited_continuation.end()) raise << maybe(current_recipe_name()) << "no such delimited continuation " << current_instruction().ingredients.at(0).original_string << '\n' << end(); const call_stack& new_calls = Delimited_continuation[ingredients.at(0).at(0)]; const call& caller = (SIZE(new_calls) > 1) ? *++new_calls.begin() : Current_routine->calls.front(); for (call_stack::const_reverse_iterator p = new_calls.rbegin(); p != new_calls.rend(); ++p) Current_routine->calls.push_front(*p); if (Trace_stream) { Trace_stream->callstack_depth += SIZE(new_calls); trace("trace") << "calling delimited continuation; growing callstack depth to " << Trace_stream->callstack_depth << end(); assert(Trace_stream->callstack_depth < 9000); // 9998-101 plus cushion } ++current_step_index(); // skip past the return-continuation-until-mark ingredients.erase(ingredients.begin()); // drop the callee finish_call_housekeeping(to_instruction(caller), ingredients); continue; }