csp



Concurrency message passing based on Go / Erlang

Schema

github.com/hofstadter.io/hof/flow/tasks/csp

// CSP (Communicating Sequential Processes)
// Named channels (mailboxes) and send/recv messages
// Similar to Go / Erlang concurrency
// Can be accessed from different flows/tasks
package csp

// Chan is a named mailbox
Chan: {
	@task(csp.Chan)
	$task: "csp.Chan"

	// the name of the channel
	mailbox: string

	// how many messages can queue
	// defaults to a blocking send / recv
	buf: int | *0
}

// Send a message to a mailbox
Send: {
	@task(csp.Send)
	$task(csp.Send)

	// the name of the channel
	mailbox: string

	// an optional key
	key?: string

	// the message value
	val: _
}

// Recv is a coroutine which runs indefinitely
Recv: {
	@task(csp.Recv)
	$task(csp.Recv)

	// the name of the channel
	mailbox: string

	// the name of a second mailbox to quit on any message received
	quitMailbox?: string

	// the handler for a message, run as a flow per message
	handler: {
		// filled when a message is received
		msg: _

		// do whatever you like in here
	}
}