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authorJacques Garrigue <garrigue at math.nagoya-u.ac.jp>1999-11-30 14:59:39 +0000
committerJacques Garrigue <garrigue at math.nagoya-u.ac.jp>1999-11-30 14:59:39 +0000
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+(* $Id$ *)
+
+(* Timers *)
+open Protocol
+
+type tkTimer = int
+
+external internal_add_timer : int -> cbid -> tkTimer
+ = "camltk_add_timer"
+external internal_rem_timer : tkTimer -> unit
+ = "camltk_rem_timer"
+
+type t = tkTimer * cbid (* the token and the cb id *)
+
+(* A timer is used only once, so we must clean the callback table *)
+let add ms:milli callback:f =
+ let id = new_function_id () in
+ let wrapped _ =
+ clear_callback id; (* do it first in case f raises exception *)
+ f() in
+ Hashtbl.add callback_naming_table key:id data:wrapped;
+ if !Protocol.debug then begin
+ prerr_cbid id; prerr_endline " for timer"
+ end;
+ let t = internal_add_timer milli id in
+ t,id
+
+(* If the timer has never been used, there is a small space leak in
+ the C heap, where a copy of id has been stored *)
+let remove (tkTimer, id) =
+ internal_rem_timer tkTimer;
+ clear_callback id
+