2000-05-02 Andreas Kupries <a.kupries@westend.com>

	* Overall changes:
	  (1) Implementation of joinable threads for all platforms.
	  (2) Additional API's for channels. Required to allow the
	  thread extension to move channels between threads.

	* generic/tcl.decls (lines 1360f): Added Tcl_JoinThread,
	  Tcl_IsChannelShared, Tcl_IsChannelRegistered, Tcl_CutChannel,
	  Tcl_SpliceChannel, Tcl_IsChannelExisting and
	  Tcl_ClearChannelHandlers (slots 394 to 400).

	* generic/tclIO.c: Implemented Tcl_IsChannelRegistered,
 	  Tcl_IsChannelShared, Tcl_CutChannel, Tcl_SpliceChannel,
 	  Tcl_IsChannelExisting and Tcl_ClearChannelHandlers.
	  Tcl_CutChannel uses code from CloseChannel. Replaced this code
 	  by a call to Tcl_CutChannel.  Replaced several code fragments
 	  adding channels to the channel list with calls to
 	  Tcl_SpliceChannel. Removed now unused variables from
 	  CloseChannel and Tcl_UnstackChannel.  Tcl_ClearChannelHandlers
 	  uses code from Tcl_Close. Replaced this code by a call to
 	  Tcl_ClearChannelHandlers. Removed now unused variables from
 	  Tcl_Close. Added the subcommands 'cut', 'forgetch', 'splice' and
 	  'isshared' to the test code
	  (TclTestChannelCmd).

	* unix/tclUnixThread.c: Implemented Tcl_JoinThread using the
	  pthread-functionality.

	* win/tclWinThrd.c: Fixed several small typos in comments.
	  Implemented Tcl_JoinThread using a platform independent
	  emulation layer (see generic/tclThreadJoin.c below). Added
	  'joinLock' to serialize Tcl_CreateThread and TclpExitThread to
	  prevent a race for joinable threads.

	* mac/tclMacThrd.c: Implemented Tcl_JoinThread using a platform
	  independent emulation layer (see generic/tclThreadJoin.c
	  below). Due to the cooperative nature of threading on this
	  platform the race mentioned above is not present.

	* generic/tclThreadJoin.c: New file. Contains a platform
	  independent emulation layer helping in the implementation of
	  joinable threads for the win and mac platforms.

	* generic/tclInt.h: Added declarations for TclJoinThread,
	  TclRememberJoinableThread and TclSignalExitThread. These
	  procedures define the API of the emulation layer for joinable
	  threads (see generic/tclThreadJoin.c above).

	* win/Makefile.in:
	* win/makefile.vc: Added generic/tclTheadJoin.o to the rules.

	* mac/: I don't know to which file generic/tclTheadJoin.o has to
	  be added to so that it compiles. Sorry.

	* unix/tclUnixChan.c: #ifdef'd the thread-local list of file
 	  channels as it prevents us from transfering channels. To restore
 	  this we may need an extended interface to drivers in the
 	  future. Target: 9.0. Found while testing the new transfer of
 	  channels. The information in this list for a channel was left
 	  behind and then crashed the system during finalization.

	* generic/tclThreadTest.c: Added -joinable flag to 'testthread
	  create'. Added subcommand 'testthread join'.

	* doc/CrtChannel.3: Added documentation for Tcl_IsChannelRegistered,
 	  Tcl_IsChannelShared, Tcl_CutChannel, Tcl_SpliceChannel,
	  Tcl_IsChannelExisting and Tcl_ClearChannelHandlers.

	* doc/Thread.3: Added documentation for Tcl_JoinThread.

	* tests/thread.test: Added tests for joining of threads.

1 files changed, 34 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/unix/tclUnixThrd.c b/unix/tclUnixThrd.c
index 2e8e8a4..bbbb3f2 100644
--- a/unix/tclUnixThrd.c
+++ b/unix/tclUnixThrd.c
@@ -53,8 +53,6 @@ static pthread_mutex_t *allocLockPtr = &allocLock;
 #endif /* TCL_THREADS */
 
 
-
-
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
@@ -133,6 +131,40 @@ Tcl_CreateThread(idPtr, proc, clientData, stackSize, flags)
 #endif /* TCL_THREADS */
 }
 
+/*
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * Tcl_JoinThread --
+ *
+ *	This procedure waits upon the exit of the specified thread.
+ *
+ * Results:
+ *	TCL_OK if the wait was successful, TCL_ERROR else.
+ *
+ * Side effects:
+ *	The result area is set to the exit code of the thread we
+ *	waited upon.
+ *
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+int
+Tcl_JoinThread(id, state)
+    Tcl_ThreadId id;	/* Id of the thread to wait upon */
+    int*     state;	/* Reference to the storage the result
+			 * of the thread we wait upon will be
+			 * written into. */
+{
+#ifdef TCL_THREADS
+    int result;
+
+    result = pthread_join ((pthread_t) id, (VOID**) state);
+    return (result == 0) ? TCL_OK : TCL_ERROR;
+#else
+    return TCL_ERROR;
+#endif
+}
+
 #ifdef TCL_THREADS
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------