hop-2012/server/thirdparty/lwt-2.3.2/src/unix/lwt_gc.mli

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(* Lightweight thread library for Objective Caml
* http://www.ocsigen.org/lwt
* Module Lwt_gc
* Copyright (C) 2009 Jérémie Dimino
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
* published by the Free Software Foundation, with linking exceptions;
* either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later
* version. See COPYING file for details.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
* WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
* Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
* 02111-1307, USA.
*)
(** Interaction with the garbage collector *)
(** This module offer a convenient way to add a finaliser launching a
thread to a value, without having to use [Lwt_unix.run] in the
finaliser. *)
val finalise : ('a -> unit Lwt.t) -> 'a -> unit
(** [finalise f x] calls [f x] when [x] is garbage collected. If [f
x] yields, then Lwt will waits for its termination at the end of
the program. *)
val finalise_or_exit : ('a -> unit Lwt.t) -> 'a -> unit
(** [finalise_or_exit f x] call [f x] when [x] is garbage collected
or (exclusively) when the program exit. *)