src/frontend/parallelization_phase.nit

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  16
  17
  18 # Phase generating threads for functions annotated with `threaded` annotation
  19 module parallelization_phase
  20
  21 private import parser_util
  22 import modelize
  23 import astbuilder
  24 private import annotation
  25
  26 redef class ToolContext
  27         # Transforms a function annotated with "threaded"
  28         var parallelization_phase: Phase = new ParallelizationPhase(self, null)
  29 end
  30
  31 private class ParallelizationPhase
  32         super Phase
  33
  34         redef fun process_annotated_node(nmethdef, nat)
  35         do
  36                 if nat.n_atid.n_id.text != "threaded" then return
  37
  38                 if not nmethdef isa AMethPropdef then
  39                         toolcontext.error(nat.location, "Syntax Error: only a method can be threaded.")
  40                         return
  41                 end
  42
  43                 #TODO: check for self calls
  44
  45                 # Get the module associated with this method
  46                 var amod = nmethdef.parent.parent
  47                 assert amod isa AModule
  48
  49                 # Construct the name of the generated class
  50                 var classname = "Threaded"
  51
  52                 # Try to get the name of the class
  53                 if nmethdef.parent isa AStdClassdef then
  54                         classname += nmethdef.parent.as(AStdClassdef).n_id.text
  55                 end
  56
  57                 # Try to get the name of the method
  58                 if nmethdef.n_methid isa AIdMethid then
  59                         classname += nmethdef.n_methid.as(AIdMethid).n_id.text
  60                 end
  61
  62                 # Handle methods with a return value
  63                 var has_rvalue = nmethdef.n_signature.n_type != null
  64                 var vtype = ""
  65                 if has_rvalue then
  66                         vtype = "redef type E: " + nmethdef.n_signature.n_type.n_id.text
  67                 end
  68
  69                 # create a return type
  70                 var n_id = new TClassid
  71                 n_id.text = classname
  72                 var n_type = new AType
  73                 n_type.n_id = n_id
  74                 nmethdef.n_signature.n_type = n_type
  75
  76                 var params = new Array[String]
  77                 for param in nmethdef.n_signature.n_params do
  78                         var typ = param.n_type.n_id.text
  79                         if param.n_type.n_kwnullable != null then typ = "nullable {typ}"
  80                         params.add """
  81 var {{{param.n_id.text}}}: {{{typ}}}
  82 """
  83                 end
  84
  85                 # String corresponding to the generated class
  86                 var classdef_source = """
  87 class {{{classname}}}
  88         super Thread
  89
  90         {{{vtype}}}
  91
  92         {{{params.join("\n")}}}
  93         redef fun main do
  94         end
  95 end
  96 """
  97
  98                 # Parse newly obtained classdef
  99                 var classdef = toolcontext.parse_classdef(classdef_source)
 100                 assert classdef isa AStdClassdef
 101
 102                 # Get the `main` fun of the class
 103                 var mainfun: nullable AMethPropdef = null
 104                 for prop in classdef.n_propdefs do
 105                         if prop isa AMethPropdef then mainfun = prop
 106                 end
 107                 assert mainfun != null
 108
 109                 # Make the statements from `main` fun be the statements from the "threaded" fun
 110                 mainfun.n_block = nmethdef.n_block
 111
 112                 # Add "return null" to the end of the `main` function
 113                 if not has_rvalue then
 114                         var s_nullreturn = "return null"
 115                         var nullreturn = toolcontext.parse_something(s_nullreturn)
 116                         assert nullreturn isa AExpr
 117                         mainfun.n_block.as(ABlockExpr).n_expr.add(nullreturn)
 118                 end
 119
 120                 # Create new body for the annotated fun
 121                 var s_newbody : String
 122                 if nmethdef.n_signature.n_params.not_empty then
 123                         var init_params = new Array[String]
 124                         for param in nmethdef.n_signature.n_params do
 125                                 init_params.add(param.n_id.text)
 126                         end
 127                         s_newbody ="""
 128 var thread = new {{{classname}}}({{{init_params.join(",")}}})
 129 thread.start
 130 return thread
 131 """
 132                 else
 133                         s_newbody = """
 134 var thread = new {{{classname}}}
 135 thread.start
 136 return thread
 137 """
 138                 end
 139
 140                 var newbody = toolcontext.parse_something(s_newbody)
 141                 nmethdef.n_block = newbody.as(ABlockExpr)
 142
 143                 # Add the new class to the module
 144                 amod.n_classdefs.add(classdef)
 145         end
 146 end