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- | BlockContext Method Definitions
- |
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- "======================================================================
- |
- | Copyright (C) 1990, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
- | Written by Steve Byrne.
- |
- | This file is part of GNU Smalltalk.
- |
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- ======================================================================"
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- "
- | Change Log
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- | Author Date Change
- | sbyrne 25 Apr 89 created.
- |
- "
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- Object variableSubclass: #BlockContext
- instanceVariableNames: 'caller ip sp numArgs initialIP selector home'
- classVariableNames: ''
- poolDictionaries: ''
- category: nil.
-
- BlockContext comment:
- 'My instances represent Smalltalk blocks, which are portions of executeable
- code that have access to the environment that they were declared in, take
- parameters, and can be passed around as objects to be executed by methods
- outside the current class. Block contexts are sent a message to compute
- their value; this property can be used in the construction of control
- flow methods. I also provide some methods that are used in the creation
- of Processes from blocks.' !
-
-
- !BlockContext methodsFor: 'basic'!
-
- whileTrue: aBlock
- [ self value ] whileTrue: [ aBlock value ].
- ^nil
- !
-
- whileFalse: aBlock
- [ self value ] whileFalse: [ aBlock value ].
- ^nil
- !
-
- whileTrue
- ^[ self value ] whileTrue: []
- !
-
- whileFalse
- ^[ self value ] whileFalse: []
- !!
-
-
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- !BlockContext methodsFor: 'multiple process'!
-
- fork
- self newProcess resume
- !
-
- newProcess
- | block |
- block _ [ self value.
- Processor terminateActive ].
- block initBlock.
- ^Process on: block at: Processor activePriority
- !
-
- newProcessWith: anArray
- | block |
- block _ [ self valueWithArguments: anArray.
- Processor terminateActive ].
- block initBlock.
- ^Process on: block at: Processor activePriority
- !!
-
-
-
- !BlockContext methodsFor: 'scheduling'!
-
- forkAt: priority
- (self newProcess priority: priority) resume
- !!
-
-
-
- !BlockContext methodsFor: 'private'!
-
- initBlock
- ip _ initialIP.
- sp _ 0.
- caller _ nil
- !!
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