IDL_IDLBridge (as GDL2GDL) with only a simple posix message queue per subprocess.

src/GDLInterpreter.cpp

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     // gets inserted after the antlr generated includes in the cpp file
 #include "dinterpreter.hpp"
 #include "prognodeexpr.hpp"
-
+#include "gdleventhandler.hpp"
 #include <cassert>
 
 // tweaking ANTLR

src/basic_pro.cpp

@@ -214,11 +214,8 @@ namespace lib {
     for (int p = 0; p < maxLun; ++p) { //and NOT userlun!
       fileUnits[p].Flush();
 	}
-	//before stopping a client, acknowledge the last ("EXIT") command otherwise the master is hanged.
-	if (signalOnCommandReturn) { //cout is NOT a tty. We just send GDL_SIGUSR2 to parent
-	  signalOnCommandReturn = false;
-	  gdl_ipc_sendsignalToParent();
-	  //		    std::cout<<"signalOnCommandReturn is now "<<signalOnCommandReturn<<std::endl;
+	if (!iAmMaster){
+	  gdl_ipc_ClientClosesMailBox();
 	}
 
     BaseGDL* status = e->GetKW(1);
@@ -1174,6 +1171,7 @@ namespace lib {
   }
 
   void stop(EnvT* e) {
+	  if (iAmMaster) {
     if ( e->Interpreter()->IsInBatchProcedureAtMain() ) {
       debugMode = DEBUG_STOP;
       e->Throw("Prematurely closing batch file:");
@@ -1183,6 +1181,10 @@ namespace lib {
       print(e);
       debugMode = DEBUG_STOP_SILENT;
     } else debugMode = DEBUG_STOP;
+	} else {
+		gdl_ipc_ClientSendReturn(2,"");
+		e->Throw("Use of STOP in Client mode!");
+	}
   }
 
   void defsysv(EnvT* e) {

src/dinterpreter.cpp

@@ -1081,7 +1081,7 @@ DInterpreter::CommandCode DInterpreter::ExecuteLine( istream* in, SizeT lineOffs
 {
   string line = (in != NULL) ? ::GetLine(in) : GetLine();
 
-  // cout << "ExecuteLine: " << line << endl;
+//   cout << "ExecuteLine: " << line << endl;
 
   string firstChar = line.substr(0,1);
 
@@ -1365,6 +1365,7 @@ DInterpreter::CommandCode DInterpreter::ExecuteLine( istream* in, SizeT lineOffs
       if( actualLine != "") lib::write_journal( actualLine); 
 
       if( retCode == RC_RETURN) return CC_RETURN;
+      if( retCode == RC_ABORT) return CC_ABORT;
       return CC_OK;
     }
   catch( GDLException& e)
@@ -1386,13 +1387,17 @@ DInterpreter::CommandCode DInterpreter::ExecuteLine( istream* in, SizeT lineOffs
 }
 #define GDL_MAX_INPUT_STR_LENGTH 32766 //current limitation of our esteemed model
 
-void inputThread() {
+void KeyboardInputThread() {
   while (1) {
 	// patch by Ole, 2017-01-06
 	//char ch = getchar(); if (ch==EOF) return NULL;
 	int ch = getchar(); //see #1377
-      if (ch==EOF) {
-	return;
+	if (ch == EOF) {
+	  if( inputstr.size() == 0)  {inputstr.assign("\x04"); return;}
+	  else {
+		inputstr += '\n'; 
+		break;
+	  }
 	}
 	inputstr += ch;
 	if (ch == '\n')
@@ -1401,39 +1406,40 @@ void inputThread() {
 }
 
 // if readline is not available or !EDIT_INPUT set to zero
-char* DInterpreter::NoReadline( const string& prompt)
-{
-  static const size_t inputStrMaxSize = MIN(GDL_MAX_INPUT_STR_LENGTH, inputstr.max_size()/2); //plenty of room left!!!
+char* DInterpreter::NoReadline( const string& prompt) {
+  static const size_t inputStrMaxSize = MIN(GDL_MAX_INPUT_STR_LENGTH, inputstr.max_size() / 2); //plenty of room left!!!
   if (isatty(0)) cout << prompt << flush;
-  if( feof(stdin)) return NULL;
+  if (feof(stdin)) return NULL;
 
-  std::thread th(inputThread);
-  std::thread::native_handle_type h=th.native_handle();
-  for (;;)
-    {
-        GDLEventHandler();
-		if (inputstr.size() > inputStrMaxSize) {
-		  Warning ("Input line is too long for input buffer of " + i2s(inputStrMaxSize) + " characters.");
-		  pthread_cancel(h);
-
-		  exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
-		}
-        if (inputstr.size() && inputstr[inputstr.size() - 1] == '\n') break;
-        if (feof(stdin)) 
-        {
-          th.join();
-          return NULL;
-        }
+  std::thread th(KeyboardInputThread);
+  std::thread::native_handle_type h = th.native_handle();
+  for (;;) {
+	GDLEventHandler();
+	if (inputstr.size() > inputStrMaxSize) {
+	  Warning("Input line is too long for input buffer of " + i2s(inputStrMaxSize) + " characters.");
+	  pthread_cancel(h);
+
+	  exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+	}
+	//with precedent version, obviously not tested, the eventloop was not active as the exiting test on feof(stdin)
+	//was immediately true --- since no keyboard line was ever available!
+	if (inputstr.size()) {
+	  if (inputstr[inputstr.size() - 1] == '\n') break;
+	  if (inputstr == "\x04") { //KeyboardInputThread detected a ^D
+		th.join();
+		return NULL;
+	  }
+	}
 #ifdef _WIN32
-        Sleep(10);
+	Sleep(GDL_INPUT_TIMEOUT);
 #else
-        usleep(10);
+	usleep(GDL_INPUT_TIMEOUT);
 #endif
-    }
+  }
   inputstr = inputstr.substr(0, inputstr.size() - 1); // removes '\n'
   //if (inputstr[inputstr.size() - 1] == '\r')
   //    inputstr = inputstr.substr(0, inputstr.size() - 1); // removes '\r' too, if exists
-  char *result = (char*)malloc((inputstr.length() + 1) * sizeof(char));
+  char *result = (char*) malloc((inputstr.length() + 1) * sizeof (char));
   strcpy(result, inputstr.c_str()); // copies including terminating '\0'
   inputstr.clear();
 
@@ -1452,18 +1458,10 @@ void ControlCHandler(int)
   sigControlC = true;
   signal(SIGINT,ControlCHandler);
 }
-//for child: make it send a SIGUSR2 at end of command processed
-void SignalMasterHandler(int)
-{
-  std::cout<<"SignalMasterHandler received!";
-  signal(GDL_SIGUSR1,SignalMasterHandler);
-}
-//for child: make it send a SIGUSR2 at end of command processed
-void SignalChildHandler(int)
+void ChildControlCHandler(int)
 {
-//  std::cout<<"signalOnCommandReturn was "<<signalOnCommandReturn<<std::endl;
-  signalOnCommandReturn=true;
-  signal(GDL_SIGUSR1,SignalChildHandler);
+  sigControlC = true;
+  signal(SIGINT,ChildControlCHandler);
 }
 string DInterpreter::GetLine()
 {
@@ -1829,9 +1827,8 @@ RetCode DInterpreter::InterpreterLoop(const string& startup,
 #endif
   }
   else { 
-		  signalOnCommandReturn = false;
-		  gdl_ipc_acknowledge_suprocess_started(getpid());
-  }
+		  gdl_ipc_ClientSignalsOperationsOK();
+       }
   bool runCmd = false; // should tree from $MAIN$ be executed?
   bool continueCmd = false; // .CONTINUE command given already?
 
@@ -1844,11 +1841,12 @@ RetCode DInterpreter::InterpreterLoop(const string& startup,
         RunDelTree();
       } else {
         DInterpreter::CommandCode ret = ExecuteLine();
-		if (signalOnCommandReturn) { //cout is NOT a tty. We just send GDL_SIGUSR2 to parent
-		  signalOnCommandReturn = false;
-		  gdl_ipc_sendsignalToParent();
-//		    std::cout<<"signalOnCommandReturn is now "<<signalOnCommandReturn<<std::endl;
-		}
+		if (!iAmMaster) {
+		  if (ret == CC_OK) gdl_ipc_ClientSendReturn(2,""); 
+		  else if (ret == CC_ABORT) gdl_ipc_ClientSendReturn(4,"aborted"); 
+		  ret=CC_OK;
+		} else {
+		  if (ret == CC_ABORT) ret=CC_OK;
         // stop stepping when at main level
         stepCount = 0;
         debugMode = DEBUG_CLEAR;
@@ -1870,6 +1868,7 @@ RetCode DInterpreter::InterpreterLoop(const string& startup,
             cout << SysVar::MsgPrefix() <<
             "Cannot continue from this point." << endl;
         }
+		}
       }
     }    catch (RetAllException& retAllEx) {
       runCmd = (retAllEx.Code() == RetAllException::RUN);
@@ -1941,11 +1940,11 @@ RetCode DInterpreter::InterpreterLoop(const string& startup,
         } // if( startup...
       }
     }    catch (exception& e) {
-      cerr << "InterpreterLoop: Exception: " << e.what() << endl;
+	  if (!iAmMaster) gdl_ipc_ClientSendReturn(3,e.what()); else  cerr << "InterpreterLoop: Exception: " << e.what() << endl;
     }    catch (GDLException &e ) {
-      Warning(e.getMessage());
+      if (!iAmMaster) gdl_ipc_ClientSendReturn(3,e.getMessage()); else Warning(e.getMessage());
     }   catch (...) {
-      cerr << "InterpreterLoop: Unhandled Error." << endl;
+	  if (!iAmMaster) gdl_ipc_ClientSendReturn(3,"InterpreterLoop: Unhandled Error." ); else cerr << "InterpreterLoop: Unhandled Error." << endl;
     }
   }
 }

src/dinterpreter.hpp

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 #ifndef DINTERPRETER_HPP_
 #define DINTERPRETER_HPP_
 
+#define GDL_INPUT_TIMEOUT 167 //16667 //microseconds -> 60 per second
+
 #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
 #include <config.h>
 #endif
@@ -26,18 +28,13 @@
 #include <csignal>
 
 #if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
-#define GDL_SIGUSR1 SIGABRT //working replacement avoidng changing code?
-#define GDL_SIGUSR2 SIGILL
-extern int gdl_ipc_sendsignalToParent(); 
-extern void gdl_ipc_acknowledge_suprocess_started(long long pid);
+extern void gdl_ipc_ClientSignalsOperationsOK();
+extern void gdl_ipc_ClientSendReturn(unsigned char status, std::string s);
+extern void gdl_ipc_ClientClosesMailBox();
 #else
-#define GDL_SIGUSR1 SIGUSR1
-#define GDL_SIGUSR2 SIGUSR2
-extern int gdl_ipc_sendsignalToParent();
-extern int gdl_ipc_sendCtrlCToChild(int pid);
-extern int gdl_ipc_sendsignalToChild(int pid);
-extern int gdl_ipc_SetReceiverForChildSignal(void (* handler)(int sig, siginfo_t *siginfo, void *context));
-extern void gdl_ipc_acknowledge_suprocess_started(pid_t pid);
+extern void gdl_ipc_ClientSignalsOperationsOK();
+extern void gdl_ipc_ClientSendReturn(unsigned char status, std::string s);
+extern void gdl_ipc_ClientClosesMailBox();
 #endif 
 
 #include <cfenv>
@@ -59,8 +56,7 @@ extern void gdl_ipc_acknowledge_suprocess_started(pid_t pid);
 #define 	AUTO_PRINT_EXPR
 
 void ControlCHandler(int);
-void SignalChildHandler(int);
-void SignalMasterHandler(int);
+void ChildControlCHandler(int);
 
 extern bool lineEdit; // = false;
 extern bool historyIntialized; 
@@ -74,7 +70,8 @@ class DInterpreter: public GDLInterpreter
      CC_CONTINUE,
      CC_STEP,
      CC_SKIP,
-     CC_RETURN
+     CC_RETURN,
+     CC_ABORT
    };
 
   char* NoReadline(const std::string&);

src/gdl.cpp

@@ -66,12 +66,6 @@
 //initialize wxWidgets system:  create an instance of wxAppGDL
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBWXWIDGETS
 #include "gdlwidget.hpp"
-//displaced in gdlwidget.cpp to make wxGetApp() available under Python (in GDL.so)
-//#ifndef __WXMAC__ 
-//wxIMPLEMENT_APP_NO_MAIN( wxAppGDL);
-//#else
-//wxIMPLEMENT_APP_NO_MAIN( wxApp);
-//#endif
 #endif
 
 #include "version.hpp"
@@ -164,6 +158,7 @@ void InitGDL()
   //Our handler takes too long
   //when editing the command line with ARROW keys. (bug 562). (used also in dinterpreted.cpp )
   //but... without it we have no graphics event handler! FIXME!!! 
+  rl_set_keyboard_input_timeout (GDL_INPUT_TIMEOUT);
   rl_event_hook = GDLEventHandler;
 #endif
 
@@ -240,7 +235,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
   bool gdlde = false;
   bool setQuietSysvar=false;
   bool willSuppressEditInput=false;
-  pid_t passed_pid=0;
+  std::string myMessageBoxName="";
 
 //The default installation location --- will not always be there.  
   gdlDataDir = std::string(GDLDATADIR);
@@ -333,7 +328,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
   useDSFMTAcceleration = true;
   iAmANotebook=false; //option --notebook
   iAmMaster=true; //special option --subprocess
-  signalOnCommandReturn=false; //special option --subprocess
  #ifdef HAVE_LIBWXWIDGETS 
 
     #if defined (__WXMAC__) 
@@ -510,7 +504,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		  cerr << "gdl: --subprocess must be followed by the parent's pid" << endl;
 		  return 0;
 		}
-		passed_pid = atoi(argv[++a]);
+		myMessageBoxName = argv[++a];
 	  	iAmMaster = false;
 		setQuietSysvar = true;
 		willSuppressEditInput = true;
@@ -543,13 +537,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
   }
 
   //depending on master or not, attach to respective message boxes
-  if (iAmMaster) {
-	DefineG2GParentPid();
-	StartMasterMessageChannel();
-  } else {
-	DefineG2GParentPid(passed_pid);
-	AttachToMasterMessageChannel();	
-  }
+  if (!iAmMaster) gdl_ipc_ClientGetsMailboxAddress(myMessageBoxName);	
 
   //before InitGDL() as InitGDL() starts graphic!
 
@@ -575,21 +563,14 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
   // for debug one could turn on all floating point exceptions, it will stop at first one.
   //  feenableexcept(FE_DIVBYZERO | FE_INVALID | FE_OVERFLOW );
 
-  signal(SIGINT, ControlCHandler); 
 
 #if !defined(_WIN32)
   if (iAmMaster) {
-	signal(GDL_SIGUSR1,SIG_IGN);
-//	signal(GDL_SIGUSR2,SIG_IGN);
-	signal(GDL_SIGUSR2,SignalMasterHandler);
+	signal(SIGINT, ControlCHandler); 
 	signal(SIGCHLD,SIG_IGN); //end subprocess is by sending it 'EXIT'. 
 	                         //This should avoid zombies after a IDL_IDLBridge::Cleanup for example.
 	                         // but we do not trap a subprocess crashing, which may be desirable!
-  }
-  else {
-    signal(GDL_SIGUSR1,SignalChildHandler);
-	signal(GDL_SIGUSR2,SIG_IGN);
- }
+  } else signal(SIGINT, ChildControlCHandler);
 #endif
 
   // must be after !cpu initialisation