we have some duplication of errors between Eina_Error and errno.h,
however we should use Eina_Error to extend the traditional errno.h
system.
then change eina_error_msg_register() and
eina_error_msg_static_register() to return a magic bit to state the
number was registered, and on other functions test this bit in order
to operate on registered values, otherwise fallback to errno.h, such
as strerror().
It also deprecates 2 clear duplicated errors:
- EINA_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY -> ENOMEM
- EINA_ERROR_TIMEOUT -> ETIMEDOUT
There are two details when using strerror():
- old behavior did not return strings for non-error, such as
"Success" or "Unknown error ${N}"
- thread-safety issues: since we must be thread safe, then use
strerror_r() and eina_stringshare_add() that value, keeping a hash
of cached values
Cancelling a promise will fulfill it but won't actually free the memory. This
memory is under custody of the owner, who must either call value_set or
error_set to finish it.
Now when dealing with pointer types, we will not get pointer to
pointer semantics in callbacks and eina_promise_owner_value_set
for Eina_Promise.
It will work as expected:
Eina_Promise_Owner* promise = eina_promise_add();
void* p = malloc(sizeof(T));
eina_promise_owner_value_set(promise, p, &free);
Reverting this at Felipe's request following my email. There are many
things I strongly object to in this commit. I've touched the surface of
those on the ML (which doesn't work at the moment), though we need to
better discuss it.
The gist:
1. dlsym is a really bad hack that is not even needed.
2. I don't see why eo should even be aware of promises. It's not aware
of list, hash and etc.
3. The eolian changes were done wrong.
This should have been discussed and consulted before done, even if only
because of the amount of hacks it includes and the cross-domain (ecore,
eo and eolian) nature of it.
This reverts commit f9ba80ab33.
Add a promise object that allows Eolian interface to include promises
as a way to have asynchronous value return and composibility.
The usage is like this in a .eo file:
class Foo {
methods {
bar {
params {
promise: Promise<int>;
}
}
}
}
Which will create the following API interface:
void foo_bar(Ecore_Promise** promise);
and the equivalent declaration for implementation.
However, the API function will instantiate the Promise for the
user and the implementer of the class.