(*  Title:      Pure/Concurrent/simple_thread.ML

     Author:     Makarius

 Simplified thread operations.

 *)

 signature SIMPLE_THREAD =

 sig

   val fork: bool -> (unit -> unit) -> Thread.thread

   val interrupt: Thread.thread -> unit

   val synchronized: string -> Mutex.mutex -> (unit -> 'a) -> 'a

 end;

 structure SimpleThread: SIMPLE_THREAD =

 struct

 fun fork interrupts body =

   Thread.fork (fn () => exception_trace (fn () => body ()),

     if interrupts then Multithreading.public_interrupts else Multithreading.no_interrupts);

 fun interrupt thread = Thread.interrupt thread handle Thread _ => ();

 (* basic synchronization *)

 fun synchronized name lock e = Exn.release (uninterruptible (fn restore_attributes => fn () =>

   let

     val immediate =

       if Mutex.trylock lock then true

       else

         let

           val _ = Multithreading.tracing 5 (fn () => name ^ ": locking ...");

           val time = Multithreading.real_time Mutex.lock lock;

           val _ = Multithreading.tracing_time true time

             (fn () => name ^ ": locked after " ^ Time.toString time);

         in false end;

     val result = Exn.capture (restore_attributes e) ();

     val _ =

       if immediate then () else Multithreading.tracing 5 (fn () => name ^ ": unlocking ...");

     val _ = Mutex.unlock lock;

   in result end) ());

 end;