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#ifndef CGU_THREAD_H
#define CGU_THREAD_H
 
#include <memory>  // for std::unique_ptr or std::auto_ptr
#include <utility> // for std::move
 
#include <pthread.h>
 
#include <c++-gtk-utils/callback.h>
#include <c++-gtk-utils/mutex.h>
#include <c++-gtk-utils/cgu_config.h>
 
namespace Cgu {
 
namespace Thread {
 
/**
 * @class Cgu::Thread::Thread thread.h c++-gtk-utils/thread.h
 * @brief A class representing a pthread thread.
 * @sa Thread::Mutex Thread::Mutex::Lock Thread::Cond Thread::Future Thread::JoinableHandle
 *
 * The Thread class encapsulates a pthread thread.  It can start, join
 * and cancel a thread.
 *
 * The Thread class, and the other thread related classes provided by
 * this library such as Mutex, RecMutex, RWLock, CancelBlock and Cond,
 * can be used interchangeably with (and mixed with) GThread objects
 * and functions, and with GMutex, GRecMutex, GRWLock, GCond and
 * similar, as they all use pthreads underneath on POSIX and other
 * unix-like OSes.
 *
 * In addition, the thread related classes provided by this library
 * can be used in conjunction with threads started with C++11/14
 * threading facilities, and vice versa, as in C++11/14 on unix-like
 * OSes these facilities are likely to be built on top of pthreads
 * (for which purpose C++11/14 provides the std::native_handle_type
 * type and std::thread::native_handle() function).  Even where they
 * are not, they will use the same threading primitives provided by
 * the kernel: §30.3 of the C++11 standard states, albeit
 * non-normatively, that "These threads [std::thread threads] are
 * intended to map one-to-one with operating system threads".
 *
 * If in doubt, always use this library's thread related classes as
 * they are guaranteed to be compatible with glib/gtk+ and with the
 * native platform libraries.  However, such doubts are in practice
 * unnecessary: it is in practice inconceivable that C++11/14's
 * threading implementation will be incompatible with the platform's
 * native threading implementation (pthreads), because any practical
 * program using C++11/14 threads is going to call into platform
 * libraries, and those libraries may themselves be threaded or make
 * thread related calls.  So use whichever appears to suit the
 * particular case better.
 *
 * @anchor ThreadsAnchor
 * @b c++-gtk-utils @b library @b and @b C++11/14 @b threads
 *
 * As mentioned above, the thread facilities provided by this library
 * can be freely interchanged with the threading facilities provided
 * by C++11/14.
 *
 * The main features available from this library and not C++11/14 are
 * thread cancellation and the associated Cgu::Thread::CancelBlock
 * class, the Cgu::Thread::JoinableHandle class for scoped joinable
 * thread handling and the Cgu::Thread::TaskManager class for running
 * and composing tasks on a thread pool.
 *
 * C++11/14 does not provide thread cancellation or interruption
 * support, and C++ will never be able to do so on a complete basis
 * because to do so requires support from the underlying OS, which
 * therefore makes it platform specific (in this case, POSIX
 * specific): cancellation is only of limited use if it cannot
 * reliably interrupt blocking system calls.  The POSIX specification
 * sets out the interruptible cancellation points in System
 * Interfaces, section 2.9.5, Cancellation Points, and in effect
 * specifies all the system calls which can block as cancellation
 * points.
 *
 * Whether, in C++ programs, destructors of local objects in the
 * cancelled thread are called is also system specific and is not
 * specified by POSIX.  Most modern commercial unixes, and recent
 * linux/BSD distributions based on NPTL (in the case of Linux, those
 * based on 2.6/3.x/4.x kernels), will unwind the stack and call
 * destructors on thread cancellation by means of a pseudo-exception,
 * but older distributions relying on the former linuxthreads
 * implementation will not.  Therefore for maximum portability
 * cancellation would only be used where there are plain data
 * structures/built-in types in existence in local scope when it
 * occurs, and if there is anything in free store to be released
 * clean-ups would be implemented with
 * pthread_cleanup_push()/pthread_cleanup_pop().  This should be
 * controlled with pthread_setcancelstate() and/or the CancelBlock
 * class to choose the cancellation point.
 *
 * One of the (perhaps odd) features of C++11/14 threads is that if
 * the destructor of a std::thread object is called which represents a
 * joinable thread which has not been detach()ed or join()ed, the
 * whole program is terminated with a call to std::terminate(), which
 * makes it difficult to use in the presence of exceptions.  Often
 * what is wanted however is for join() to be called on a joinable
 * thread where the associated thread object goes out of scope, or
 * (provided it is done carefully and knowingly) for detach() to be
 * called.  The Cgu::Thread::JoinableHandle class can be used where
 * either of these two is the appropriate response to this situation.
 *
 * In addition, the c++-gtk-utils library provides the following which
 * are not present in C++11 and/or C++14: a guaranteed monotonic clock
 * on timed condition variable waits where the operating system
 * supports them; read-write locks/shared mutexes (present in C++14
 * but not C++11); a Cgu::Thread::Future object which is more
 * intuitive to use than C++11/14 futures and features a built in
 * Cgu::SafeEmitter object which emits when the particular task has
 * completed, and (since version 2.0.2) has associated
 * Cgu::Thread::Future::when() methods for passing the result to a
 * glib main loop; and (since version 2.0.19)
 * Cgu::Thread::parallel_for_each() and
 * Cgu::Thread::parallel_transform() functions for use with
 * Cgu::Thread::TaskManager objects.
 *
 * @b c++-gtk-utils @b library @b and @b gthreads
 *
 * As mentioned above, the thread facilities provided by this library
 * can be freely interchanged with the threading facilities provided
 * by glib.
 *
 * The main features available with this thread implementation and not
 * GThreads are thread cancellation, the mutex scoped locking classes
 * Cgu::Thread::Mutex::Lock and Cgu::Thread::RecMutex::Lock, the
 * joinable thread scoped management class Cgu::Thread::JoinableHandle
 * and the Cgu::Thread::Future class (abstracting thread functions
 * which provide a result).
 *
 * There is no need from the perspective of this class to call
 * g_thread_init() before Cgu::Thread::Thread::start() is called, but
 * prior to glib version 2.32 glib itself is not thread-safe without
 * g_thread_init(), so where this class is used with glib < 2.32,
 * g_thread_init() should be called at program initialization.
 *
 * See @ref Threading for particulars about GTK+ thread safety.
 */
 
 
class Thread {
  pthread_t thread;
  // private constructor - this class can only be created with Thread::start
  Thread() {}
public:
/**
 * This class cannot be copied: it is intended to be held by
 * std::unique_ptr.  The copy constructor is deleted.
 */
  Thread(const Thread&) = delete;
 
/**
 * This class cannot be copied: it is intended to be held by
 * std::unique_ptr.  The assignment operator is deleted.
 */
  Thread& operator=(const Thread&) = delete;
 
/**
 * Cancels the thread represented by this Thread object.  It can be
 * called by any thread.  The effect is undefined if the thread
 * represented by this Thread object has both (a) already terminated
 * and (b) been detached or had a call to join() made for it.
 * Accordingly, if the user is not able to establish from the program
 * logic whether the thread has terminated, the thread must be created
 * as joinable and cancel() must not be called after a call to
 * detach() has been made or a call to join() has returned.  A
 * Thread::JoinableHandle object can used to ensure this.  It does not
 * throw.
 * @note 1. Use this method with care - sometimes its use is
 * unavoidable but destructors for local objects may not be called if
 * a thread exits by virtue of a call to cancel() (that depends on the
 * implementation).  Most modern commercial unixes, and recent
 * linux/BSD distributions based on NPTL, will unwind the stack and
 * call destructors on thread cancellation by means of a
 * pseudo-exception, but older distributions relying on the former
 * linuxthreads implementation will not.  Therefore for maximum
 * portability only have plain data structures/built-in types in
 * existence in local scope when it occurs and if there is anything in
 * free store to be released implement clean-ups with
 * pthread_cleanup_push()/pthread_cleanup_pop().  This should be
 * controlled with pthread_setcancelstate() and/or the CancelBlock
 * class to choose the cancellation point.
 * @note 2. When using thread cancellation, do not allow a
 * cancellation pseudo-exception to propagate through a function with
 * a 'noexcept' or 'noexcept(true)' specifier, as the cancellation
 * pseudo-exception would be incompatible with such a specifier and
 * std::terminate may be called.
 * @sa Cgu::Thread::Exit
 */
  void cancel() {pthread_cancel(thread);}
 
/**
 * Joins the thread represented by this Thread object (that is, waits
 * for it to terminate).  It can only be called by one thread, which
 * can be any thread other than the one represented by this Thread
 * object.  The result is undefined if the thread represented by this
 * Thread object is or was detached or join() has already been called
 * for it (a Thread::JoinableHandle object will however give a defined
 * result in such cases for threads originally started as joinable).
 * It does not throw.
 */
  void join() {pthread_join(thread, 0);}
 
/**
 * Detaches the thread represented by this Thread object where it is
 * joinable, so as to make it unjoinable.  The effect is undefined if
 * the thread is already unjoinable (a Thread::JoinableHandle object
 * will however give a defined result in such cases for threads
 * originally started as joinable).  It does not throw.
 */
  void detach() {pthread_detach(thread);}
 
/**
 * Specifies whether the calling thread is the same thread as is
 * represented by this Thread object.  The effect is undefined if the
 * thread represented by this Thread object has both (a) already
 * terminated and (b) been detached or had a call to join() made for
 * it.  Accordingly, if the user is not able to establish from the
 * program logic whether the thread has terminated, the thread must be
 * created as joinable and is_caller() must not be called after a call
 * to detach() has been made or a call to join() has returned.  A
 * Thread::JoinableHandle object can used to ensure this.  This method
 * does not throw.
 * @return Returns true if the caller is in the thread represented by
 * this Thread object.
 */
  bool is_caller() {return pthread_equal(thread, pthread_self());}
 
/**
 * Starts a new thread.  It can be called by any thread.
 * @param cb A callback object (created by Callback::make(),
 * Callback::make_ref() or Callback::lambda()) encapsulating the
 * function to be executed by the new thread.  The Thread object
 * returned by this function will take ownership of the callback: it
 * will automatically be deleted either by the new thread when it has
 * finished with it, or by this method in the calling thread if the
 * attempt to start a new thread fails (including if std::bad_alloc is
 * thrown).
 * @param joinable Whether the join() method may be called in relation
 * to the new thread.
 * @return A Thread object representing the new thread which has been
 * started, held by a std::unique_ptr object as it has single
 * ownership semantics.  The std::unique_ptr object will be empty
 * (that is std::unique_ptr<Cgu::Thread::Thread>::get() will return 0)
 * if the thread did not start correctly, which would mean that memory
 * is exhausted, the pthread thread limit has been reached or pthread
 * has run out of other resources to start new threads.
 * @exception std::bad_alloc This method might throw std::bad_alloc if
 * memory is exhausted and the system throws in that case.  (This
 * exception will not be thrown if the library has been installed
 * using the \--with-glib-memory-slices-no-compat configuration
 * option: instead glib will terminate the program if it is unable to
 * obtain memory from the operating system.)  If this exception is
 * thrown, the thread will not have started.
 * @note 1. The thread will keep running even if the return value of
 * start() goes out of scope (but it will no longer be possible to
 * call any of the methods in this class for it, which is fine if the
 * thread is not started as joinable and it is not intended to cancel
 * it).
 * @note 2. If the thread is started with the joinable attribute, the
 * user must subsequently either call the join() or the detach()
 * method, as otherwise a resource leak may occur (the destructor of
 * this class does not call detach() automatically).  Alternatively,
 * the return value of this method can be passed to a
 * Thread::JoinableHandle object which will do this automatically in
 * the Thread::JoinableHandle object's destructor.
 * @note 3. Any Thread::Exit exception thrown from the function
 * executed by the new thread will be caught and consumed.  The thread
 * will safely terminate and unwind the stack in so doing.
 * @note 4. If any uncaught exception other than Thread::Exit is
 * allowed to propagate from the initial function executed by the new
 * thread, the exception is not consumed (NPTL's forced stack
 * unwinding on cancellation does not permit catching with an ellipsis
 * argument without rethrowing, and even if it did permit it, the
 * result would be an unreported error).  The C++11 standard requires
 * std::terminate() to be called in such a case and so the entire
 * program terminated.  Accordingly, a user must make sure that no
 * exceptions, other than Thread::Exit or any cancellation
 * pseudo-exception, can propagate from the initial function executed
 * by the new thread.  This includes ensuring that, for any argument
 * passed to that function which is not a built-in type and which is
 * not taken by the function by const or non-const reference, the
 * argument type's copy constructor does not throw.
 * @note 5. If the library is compiled using the \--with-auto-ptr
 * configuration option, then this function will return a
 * Thread::Thread object by std::auto_ptr instead of std::unique_ptr
 * in order to retain compatibility with the 1.2 series of the
 * library.
 */
#ifdef CGU_USE_AUTO_PTR
  static std::auto_ptr<Cgu::Thread::Thread> start(const Cgu::Callback::Callback* cb,
                          bool joinable);
#else
  static std::unique_ptr<Cgu::Thread::Thread> start(const Cgu::Callback::Callback* cb,
                            bool joinable);
#endif
 
#ifdef CGU_USE_GLIB_MEMORY_SLICES_NO_COMPAT
  CGU_GLIB_MEMORY_SLICES_FUNCS
#endif
};
 
/**
 * @class Cgu::Thread::JoinableHandle thread.h c++-gtk-utils/thread.h
 * @brief A class wrapping a Thread::Thread object representing a
 * joinable thread.
 * @sa Thread::Thread Thread::Future
 *
 * This class enables a joinable thread to be made more easily
 * exception safe.  It can also be used to provide that a joinable
 * thread is not detached or joined while other methods dependent on
 * that might still be called, and to provide a defined result where
 * there are multiple calls to join() and/or detach().  When it is
 * destroyed, it will either detach or join the thread represented by
 * the wrapped Thread::Thread object unless it has previously been
 * detached or joined using the detach() or join() methods, so
 * avoiding thread resource leaks.  Whether it will detach() or join()
 * on destruction depends on the Thread::JoinableHandle::Action
 * argument passed to the
 * Thread::JoinableHandle::JoinableHandle(std::unique_ptr<Thread::Thread>,
 * Action) constructor.
 * 
 * Passing Thread::JoinableHandle::detach_on_exit to that argument is
 * not always the correct choice where the thread callback has been
 * bound to a reference argument in local scope and an exception might
 * be thrown, because the thread will keep running after the
 * Thread::JoinableHandle object and other local variables have
 * (because of the exception) gone out of scope.  Consider the
 * following trivial parallelized calculation example:
 *
 * @code
 * std::vector<int> get_readings();
 * void get_mean(const std::vector<int>& v, int& result);
 * void get_std_deviation(const std::vector<int>& v, int& result); // might throw
 * void show_result(int mean, int deviation);
 *
 * using namespace Cgu;
 * void do_calc() {
 *   int i, j;
 *   std::vector<int> v = get_readings();
 *   std::unique_ptr<Thread::Thread> t =
 *     Thread::Thread::start(Callback::lambda<>(std::bind(&get_mean, std::cref(v), std::ref(i))), true);
 *   if (t.get()) {  // checks whether thread started correctly
 *     get_std_deviation(v, j);
 *     t->join();
 *     show_result(i, j);
 *   }
 * }
 * @endcode
 *
 * If get_std_deviation() throws, as well as there being a potential
 * thread resource leak by virtue of no join being made, the thread
 * executing get_mean() will continue running and attempt to access
 * variable v, and put its result in variable i, which may by then
 * both be out of scope.  To deal with such a case, the thread could
 * be wrapped in a Thread::JoinableHandle object which joins on exit
 * rather than detaches, for example:
 *
 * @code
 * ...
 * using namespace Cgu;
 * void do_calc() {
 *   int i, j;
 *   std::vector<int> v = get_readings();
 *   Thread::JoinableHandle t{Thread::Thread::start(Callback::lambda<>(std::bind(&get_mean, std::cref(v), std::ref(i))), true),
 *                            Thread::JoinableHandle::join_on_exit};
 *   if (t.is_managing()) {  // checks whether thread started correctly
 *     get_std_deviation(v, j);
 *     t.join();
 *     show_result(i, j);
 *   }
 * }
 * @endcode
 *
 * Better still, however, would be to use Cgu::Thread::Future in this
 * kind of usage, namely a usage where a worker thread is intended to
 * provide a result for inspection.
 *
 * @note These examples assume that the std::vector library
 * implementation permits concurrent reads of a vector object by
 * different threads.  Whether that is the case depends on the
 * documentation of the library concerned (if designed for a
 * multi-threaded environment, most will permit this, and it is
 * required for a fully conforming C++11 library implementation).
 */
class JoinableHandle {
public:
  enum Action {detach_on_exit, join_on_exit};
 
private:
  Mutex mutex; // make this the first member so the constructors are strongly exception safe
  Action action;
  bool detached;
  std::unique_ptr<Cgu::Thread::Thread> thread;
 
public:
/**
 * Cancels the thread represented by the wrapped Thread::Thread
 * object.  It can be called by any thread.  The effect is undefined
 * if when called the thread represented by the wrapped Thread::Thread
 * object has both (a) already terminated and (b) had a call to join()
 * or detach() made for it.  Accordingly, if the user is not able to
 * establish from the program logic whether the thread has terminated,
 * cancel() must not be called after a call to detach() has been made
 * or a call to join() has returned: this can be ensured by only
 * detaching or joining via this object's destructor (that is, by not
 * using the explicit detach() and join() methods).  This method does
 * not throw.
 * @note Use this method with care - see Thread::cancel() for further
 * information.
 */
  void cancel();
 
/**
 * Joins the thread represented by the wrapped Thread::Thread object
 * (that is, waits for it to terminate), unless the detach() or join()
 * method has previously been called in which case this call does
 * nothing.  It can be called by any thread other than the one
 * represented by the wrapped Thread::Thread object, but only one
 * thread can wait on it: if one thread (thread A) calls it while
 * another thread (thread B) is already blocking on it, thread A's
 * call to this method will return immediately and return false.  It
 * does not throw.
 * @return true if a successful join() has been accomplished (that is,
 * detach() or join() have not previously been called), otherwise
 * false.
 */
  bool join();
 
/**
 * Detaches the thread represented by this Thread::Thread object, so
 * as to make it unjoinable, unless the detach() or join() method has
 * previously been called in which case this call does nothing.  It
 * does not throw.
 */
  void detach();
 
/**
 * Specifies whether the calling thread is the same thread as is
 * represented by the wrapped Thread::Thread object.  It can be called
 * by any thread.  The effect is undefined if the thread represented
 * by the wrapped Thread::Thread object has both (a) already
 * terminated and (b) had a call to join() or detach() made for it.
 * Accordingly, if the user is not able to establish from the program
 * logic whether the thread has terminated, is_caller() must not be
 * called after a call to detach() has been made or a call to join()
 * has returned: this can be ensured by only detaching or joining via
 * this object's destructor (that is, by not using the explicit
 * detach() and join() methods).  This method does not throw.
 * @return Returns true if the caller is in the thread represented by
 * the wrapped Thread::Thread object.  If not, or this JoinableHandle
 * does not wrap any Thread object, then returns false.
 */
  bool is_caller();
 
/**
 * Specifies whether this JoinableHandle object has been initialized
 * with a Thread::Thread object representing a correctly started
 * thread in respect of which neither JoinableHandle::detach() nor
 * JoinableHandle::join() has been called.  It can be called by any
 * thread.  It is principally intended to enable the constructor
 * taking a std::unique_ptr<Cgu::Thread::Thread> object to be directly
 * initialized by a call to Thread::Thread::start(), by providing a
 * means for the thread calling Thread::Thread::start() to check
 * afterwards that the new thread did, in fact, start correctly.  Note
 * that this method will return true even after the thread has
 * finished, provided neither the join() nor detach() method has been
 * called.
 * @return Returns true if this object has been initialized by a
 * Thread::Thread object representing a correctly started thread in
 * respect of which neither JoinableHandle::detach() nor
 * JoinableHandle::join() has been called, otherwise false.
 */
  bool is_managing();
 
/**
 * Moves one JoinableHandle object to another JoinableHandle object.
 * This is a move operation which transfers ownership to the assignee,
 * as the handles store their Thread::Thread object by
 * std::unique_ptr<>.  Any existing thread managed by the assignee
 * prior to the move will be detached if it has not already been
 * detached or joined. This method will not throw.
 * @param h The assignor/movant, which will cease to hold a valid
 * Thread::Thread object after the move has taken place.
 * @return A reference to the assignee JoinableHandle object after
 * assignment.
 * @note 1. This method is thread safe as regards the assignee (the
 * object assigned to), but no synchronization is carried out with
 * respect to the rvalue assignor/movant.  This is because temporaries
 * are only visible and accessible in the thread carrying out the move
 * operation and synchronization for them would represent pointless
 * overhead.  In a case where the user uses std::move to force a move
 * from a named object, and that named object's lifetime is managed by
 * (or the object is otherwise accessed by) a different thread than
 * the one making the move, the user must carry out her own
 * synchronization with respect to that different thread, as the named
 * object will be mutated by the move.
 * @note 2. If the library is compiled using the \--with-auto-ptr
 * configuration option, then this operator's signature is
 * JoinableHandle& operator=(JoinableHandle& h) in order to retain
 * compatibility with the 1.2 series of the library.
 */
#ifdef CGU_USE_AUTO_PTR
  JoinableHandle& operator=(JoinableHandle& h);
#else
  JoinableHandle& operator=(JoinableHandle&& h);
#endif
 
/**
 * This constructor initializes a new JoinableHandle object with a
 * std::unique_ptr<Thread::Thread> object, as provided by
 * Thread::Thread::start().  This is a move operation which transfers
 * ownership to the new object.
 * @param thr The initializing Thread::Thread object (which must have
 * been created as joinable) passed by a std::unique_ptr smart
 * pointer.  This is a move operation.
 * @param act Either Thread::JoinableHandle::detach_on_exit (which
 * will cause the destructor to detach the thread if it has not
 * previously been detached or joined) or
 * Thread::JoinableHandle::join_on_exit (which will cause the
 * destructor to join the thread if it has not previously been
 * detached or joined).
 * @exception Cgu::Thread::MutexError Throws this exception if
 * initialization of the internal mutex fails.  The constructor is
 * strongly exception safe: if Cgu::Thread::MutexError is thrown, the
 * initializing std::unique_ptr<Cgu::Thread::Thread> object will be
 * left unchanged.  (It is often not worth checking for this
 * exception, as it means either memory is exhausted or pthread has
 * run out of other resources to create new mutexes.)
 * @note 1. It is not necessary to check that the thread parameter
 * represents a correctly started thread (that is, that thr.get() does
 * not return 0) before this constructor is invoked, because that can
 * be done after construction by calling JoinableHandle::is_managing()
 * (a JoinableHangle object can safely handle a case where thr.get()
 * does return 0).  This enables a JoinableHandle object to be
 * directly initialized by this constructor from a call to
 * Thread::Thread::start().
 * @note 2. No synchronization is carried out with respect to the
 * initializing std::unique_ptr object.  This is because such an
 * object is usually passed to this constructor as a temporary, which
 * is only visible and accessible in the thread carrying out the move
 * operation, in which case synchronization would represent pointless
 * overhead.  In a case where the user uses std::move to force a move
 * from a named std::unique_ptr object, and that named object's
 * lifetime is managed by (or the object is otherwise accessed by) a
 * different thread than the one making the move, the user must carry
 * out her own synchronization with respect to that different thread,
 * as the initializing std::unique_ptr object will be mutated by the
 * move.
 * @note 3. If the library is compiled using the \--with-auto-ptr
 * configuration option, then this constructor's signature is
 * JoinableHandle(std::auto_ptr<Cgu::Thread::Thread> thr, Action act)
 * in order to retain compatibility with the 1.2 series of the library
 * @sa JoinableHandle::is_managing().
 */
#ifdef CGU_USE_AUTO_PTR
  JoinableHandle(std::auto_ptr<Cgu::Thread::Thread> thr, Action act): action(act), detached(false), thread(thr.release()) {}
#else
  JoinableHandle(std::unique_ptr<Cgu::Thread::Thread> thr, Action act): action(act), detached(false), thread(std::move(thr)) {}
#endif
  
/**
 * This constructor initializes a new JoinableHandle object with an
 * existing JoinableHandle object.  This is a move operation which
 * transfers ownership to the new object.
 * @param h The initializing JoinableHandle object, which will cease
 * to hold a valid Thread::Thread object after the initialization has
 * taken place.
 * @exception Cgu::Thread::MutexError Throws this exception if
 * initialization of the internal mutex fails.  The constructor is
 * strongly exception safe: if Cgu::Thread::MutexError is thrown, the
 * initializing Cgu::Thread::JoinableHandle object will be left
 * unchanged.  (It is often not worth checking for this exception, as
 * it means either memory is exhausted or pthread has run out of other
 * resources to create new mutexes.)
 * @note 1. No synchronization is carried out with respect to the
 * initializing rvalue.  This is because temporaries are only visible
 * and accessible in the thread carrying out the move operation and
 * synchronization for them would represent pointless overhead.  In a
 * case where a user uses std::move to force a move from a named
 * object, and that named object's lifetime is managed by (or the
 * object is otherwise accessed by) a different thread than the one
 * making the move, the user must carry out her own synchronization
 * with respect to that different thread, as the named object will be
 * mutated by the move.
 * @note 2. If the library is compiled using the \--with-auto-ptr
 * configuration option, then this constructor's signature is
 * JoinableHandle(JoinableHandle& h) in order to retain compatibility
 * with the 1.2 series of the library.
 */
#ifdef CGU_USE_AUTO_PTR
  JoinableHandle(JoinableHandle& h): action(h.action), detached(h.detached), thread(std::move(h.thread)) {}
#else
  JoinableHandle(JoinableHandle&& h): action(h.action), detached(h.detached), thread(std::move(h.thread)) {}
#endif
 
/**
 * The default constructor.  Nothing is managed until the move
 * assignment operator has been called.
 * @exception Cgu::Thread::MutexError Throws this exception if
 * initialization of the internal mutex fails.  (It is often not worth
 * checking for this exception, as it means either memory is exhausted
 * or pthread has run out of other resources to create new mutexes.)
 *
 * Since 2.0.8
 */
  JoinableHandle(): action(detach_on_exit), detached(true) {}
 
/**
 * The destructor will detach a managed thread (if the
 * Thread::JoinableHandle::detach_on_exit flag is set) or join it (if
 * the Thread::JoinableHandle::join_on_exit flag is set), unless it
 * has previously been detached or joined with the detach() or join()
 * methods.  The destructor is thread safe (any thread may destroy the
 * JoinableHandle object).  The destructor will not throw.
 */
  ~JoinableHandle();
 
/* Only has effect if --with-glib-memory-slices-compat or
 * --with-glib-memory-slices-no-compat option picked */
  CGU_GLIB_MEMORY_SLICES_FUNCS
};
 
/**
 * @class CancelBlock thread.h c++-gtk-utils/thread.h
 * @brief A class enabling the cancellation state of a thread to be
 * controlled.
 *
 * A class enabling the cancellation state of a thread to be
 * controlled, so as to provide exception safe cancellation state
 * changes.  When a CancelBlock object goes out of scope, the thread's
 * cancellation state is returned to the state it was in immediately
 * prior to the object's construction.
 *
 * Cancellation state can be changed before a CancelBlock object goes
 * out of scope by calling its block() and unblock() methods.
 * However, care should be taken if calling unblock() for the purpose
 * of enabling thread cancellation while the CancelBlock object is
 * still in existence: this should normally only be done if the
 * thread's cancellation state at the time the CancelBlock object was
 * constructed (which is the cancellation state to which the thread
 * will be restored when the object goes out of scope) was
 * PTHREAD_CANCEL_DISABLE.  This is because when a thread begins
 * cancellation the POSIX standard states that it will automatically
 * switch itself into a PTHREAD_CANCEL_DISABLE state (see System
 * Interfaces, section 2.9.5, Thread Cancellation Cleanup Handlers),
 * and the POSIX standard further states that the behaviour is
 * undefined if a cancellation handler attempts to enable cancellation
 * again while the thread is cleaning up - and any thread
 * implementation such as NPTL which unwinds the stack on cancellation
 * will do so if the CancelBlock's destructor would restore to
 * PTHREAD_CANCEL_ENABLE state.  Whilst it is to be expected that any
 * cancellation stack unwinding implementation will behave sensibly in
 * these circumstances, this is not mandated by POSIX, so making code
 * relying on this less portable.
 *
 * For these reasons, the same care should be exercised if passing
 * 'false' to the CancelBlock constructor's 'blocking' argument.
 */
 
class CancelBlock {
  int starting_state;
public:
/**
 * This class cannot be copied.  The copy constructor is deleted.
 */
  CancelBlock(const CancelBlock&) = delete;
 
/**
 * This class cannot be copied.  The assignment operator is deleted.
 */
  CancelBlock& operator=(const CancelBlock&) = delete;
 
/**
 * Makes the thread uncancellable, even if the code passes through a
 * cancellation point, while the CancelBlock object exists (when the
 * CancelBlock object ceases to exist, cancellation state is returned
 * to the state prior to it being constructed).  It should only be
 * called by the thread which created the CancelBlock object.  This
 * method will not throw.
 * @param old_state Indicates the cancellation state of the calling
 * thread immediately before this call to block() was made, either
 * PTHREAD_CANCEL_ENABLE (if the thread was previously cancellable) or
 * PTHREAD_CANCEL_DISABLE (if this call did nothing because the thread
 * was already uncancellable).
 * @return 0 if successful, else a value other than 0.
 */
  static int block(int& old_state) {return pthread_setcancelstate(PTHREAD_CANCEL_DISABLE, &old_state);}
 
/**
 * Makes the thread uncancellable, even if the code passes through a
 * cancellation point, while the CancelBlock object exists (when the
 * CancelBlock object ceases to exist, cancellation state is returned
 * to the state prior to it being constructed).  It should only be
 * called by the thread which created the CancelBlock object.  This
 * method will not throw.
 * @return 0 if successful, else a value other than 0.
 */
  static int block() {int old_state; return block(old_state);}
 
/**
 * Makes the thread cancellable while the CancelBlock object exists
 * (when the CancelBlock object ceases to exist, cancellation state is
 * returned to the state prior to it being constructed).  It should
 * only be called by the thread which created the CancelBlock object.
 * This method will not throw.  The 'Detailed Description' section
 * above has information about the issues to be taken into account if
 * a call to this method is to be made.
 * @param old_state Indicates the cancellation state of the calling
 * thread immediately before this call to unblock() was made, either
 * PTHREAD_CANCEL_DISABLE (if the thread was previously uncancellable)
 * or PTHREAD_CANCEL_ENABLE (if this call did nothing because the
 * thread was already cancellable).
 * @return 0 if successful, else a value other than 0.
 */
  static int unblock(int& old_state) {return pthread_setcancelstate(PTHREAD_CANCEL_ENABLE, &old_state);}
 
/**
 * Makes the thread cancellable while the CancelBlock object exists
 * (when the CancelBlock object ceases to exist, cancellation state is
 * returned to the state prior to it being constructed).  It should
 * only be called by the thread which created the CancelBlock object.
 * This method will not throw.  The 'Detailed Description' section
 * above has information about the issues to be taken into account if
 * a call to this method is to be made.
 * @return 0 if successful, else a value other than 0.
 */
  static int unblock() {int old_state; return unblock(old_state);}
 
/**
 * Restores cancellation state to the state it was in immediately
 * before this CancelBlock object was constructed.  It should only be
 * called by the thread which created the CancelBlock object.  This
 * method will not throw.
 * @param old_state Indicates the cancellation state of the calling
 * thread immediately before this call to restore() was made, either
 * PTHREAD_CANCEL_DISABLE (if the thread was previously uncancellable)
 * or PTHREAD_CANCEL_ENABLE (if this thread was previously
 * cancellable).
 * @return 0 if successful, else a value other than 0.
 */
  int restore(int& old_state) {return pthread_setcancelstate(starting_state, &old_state);}
 
/**
 * Restores cancellation state to the state it was in immediately
 * before this CancelBlock object was constructed.  It should only be
 * called by the thread which created the CancelBlock object.  This
 * method will not throw.
 * @return 0 if successful, else a value other than 0.
 */
  int restore() {int old_state; return restore(old_state);}
 
/**
 * The constructor will not throw.
 * @param blocking Whether the CancelBlock object should start in
 * blocking mode.  The 'Detailed Description' section above has
 * information about the issues to be taken into account if 'false' is
 * passed to this parameter.
 */
  CancelBlock(bool blocking = true);
 
/**
 * The destructor will put the thread in the cancellation state that
 * it was in immediately before the CancelBlock object was constructed
 * (which might be blocking).  It will not throw.
 */
  ~CancelBlock() {restore();}
 
/* Only has effect if --with-glib-memory-slices-compat or
 * --with-glib-memory-slices-no-compat option picked */
  CGU_GLIB_MEMORY_SLICES_FUNCS
};
 
/**
 * @class Exit thread.h c++-gtk-utils/thread.h
 * @brief A class which can be thrown to terminate the throwing
 * thread.
 *
 * This class can be thrown (instead of calling pthread_exit()) when a
 * thread wishes to terminate itself and also ensure stack unwinding,
 * so that destructors of local objects are called.  It is caught
 * automatically by the implementation of Cgu::Thread::Thread::start()
 * so that it will only terminate the thread throwing it and not the
 * whole process.  See the Cgu::Thread::Thread::cancel() method above,
 * for use when a thread wishes to terminate another one, and the
 * caveats on the use of Cgu::Thread::Thread::cancel().
 *
 * Do not throw a Cgu::Thread::Exit object in a program with more than
 * one main loop in order to terminate one of the threads which has
 * its own main loop.  Instead, just cause its main loop to terminate
 * by, say, calling g_main_loop_quit() on it.
 */
class Exit {};
 
} // namespace Thread
 
} // namespace Cgu
 
#endif