futures 0.0.1

data/README.rdoc

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+= Futures
+  
+  require 'futures'
+  
+  class ITakeALongTime
+    include Futures
+  
+    future :test
+    
+    def initialize
+      Thread.new {
+        sleep 10
+        self.test = 123
+      }
+    end
+    
+  end
+  
+  n = ITakeALongTime.new
+  puts n.test
+  
+  val = Futures::Value.new
+  
+  Thread.new do
+    sleep 5
+    val.write('hello you')
+  end
+  
+  puts "val.read is #{val.read(10)}"

data/Rakefile

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+begin
+  require 'jeweler'
+  Jeweler::Tasks.new do |s|
+    s.name = "futures"
+    s.description = s.summary = "Reading values that aren't quite set yet."
+    s.email = "joshbuddy@gmail.com"
+    s.homepage = "http://github.com/joshbuddy/futures"
+    s.authors = ["Joshua Hull"]
+    s.files = FileList["[A-Z]*", "{lib}/**/*"]
+  end
+  Jeweler::GemcutterTasks.new
+rescue LoadError
+  puts "Jeweler not available. Install it with: sudo gem install technicalpickles-jeweler -s http://gems.github.com"
+end

data/VERSION

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+0.0.1

data/lib/futures.rb

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+module Futures
+
+  class Value
+
+    TimeoutError = Class.new(RuntimeError)
+
+    def read(timeout = nil)
+      unless @value
+        @write = Thread.new { Thread.stop }
+        @write.join(timeout) or raise(TimeoutError.new)
+      end
+      @value
+    end
+
+    def write(value)
+      @value = value
+      @write.wakeup if @write
+    end
+  end
+  
+  def self.included(cls)
+    cls.class_eval "
+      class << self
+        include Futures::ClassMethods
+      end
+    "
+  end
+
+  module ClassMethods
+    def future(*attrs)
+      attrs.each do |attr|
+        self.class_eval "
+          def #{attr}(timeout = nil)
+            @__#{attr}_future ||= Futures::Value.new
+            @__#{attr}_future.read(timeout)
+          end
+
+          def #{attr}=(val)
+            @__#{attr}_future ||= Futures::Value.new
+            @__#{attr}_future.write(val)
+          end
+
+        "
+      end
+    end
+  end
+  
+end
+
+

metadata

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+--- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification 
+name: futures
+version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
+  version: 0.0.1
+platform: ruby
+authors: 
+- Joshua Hull
+autorequire: 
+bindir: bin
+cert_chain: []
+
+date: 2009-11-27 00:00:00 -05:00
+default_executable: 
+dependencies: []
+
+description: Reading values that aren't quite set yet.
+email: joshbuddy@gmail.com
+executables: []
+
+extensions: []
+
+extra_rdoc_files: 
+- README.rdoc
+files: 
+- README.rdoc
+- Rakefile
+- VERSION
+- lib/futures.rb
+has_rdoc: true
+homepage: http://github.com/joshbuddy/futures
+licenses: []
+
+post_install_message: 
+rdoc_options: 
+- --charset=UTF-8
+require_paths: 
+- lib
+required_ruby_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement 
+  requirements: 
+  - - ">="
+    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
+      version: "0"
+  version: 
+required_rubygems_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement 
+  requirements: 
+  - - ">="
+    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
+      version: "0"
+  version: 
+requirements: []
+
+rubyforge_project: 
+rubygems_version: 1.3.5
+signing_key: 
+specification_version: 3
+summary: Reading values that aren't quite set yet.
+test_files: []
+