DivideAndConquer.hs

{-
	Copyright (C) 2013 Dr. Alistair Ward

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-}
{- |
 [@AUTHOR@]	Dr. Alistair Ward

 [@DESCRIPTION@]

	Provides the capability to write two unevaluated lists to separate concurrent channels,
	read them both & merge the results into a single list, evaluating in parallel, lazily on demand.
-}

module Squeeze.Control.Concurrent.DivideAndConquer(
-- * Types
-- * Type-synonyms
--	TerminatedChannel,
-- * Functions
--	writeListToChan,
--	readListFromChan,
	divideAndConquer
) where

import			Control.Applicative((<*>), (<$>))
import qualified	Control.Concurrent
import qualified	Control.Concurrent.Chan
import qualified	System.IO.Unsafe
import qualified	Control.Monad
import qualified	Data.Maybe

-- | A channel terminated by a sentinel.
type TerminatedChannel a	= Control.Concurrent.Chan.Chan (Maybe a)

-- | Write the specified list to the specified channel, terminating it with a sentinel.
writeListToChan :: TerminatedChannel a -> [a] -> IO ()
writeListToChan chan l	= mapM_ (Control.Concurrent.Chan.writeChan chan . Just) l >> Control.Concurrent.Chan.writeChan chan Nothing {-sentinel-}

{- |
	* Read the contents of the specified channel, up to the sentinel.

	* Any attempt to read beyond the sentinel, will block forever since the writer is out of data.
-}
readListFromChan :: TerminatedChannel a -> IO [a]
readListFromChan chan	= System.IO.Unsafe.unsafeInterleaveIO {-read on demand; i.e. lazy-} $ Control.Concurrent.Chan.readChan chan >>= Data.Maybe.maybe (
	return {-to IO-monad-} []
 ) (
	\x	-> (x :) <$> readListFromChan chan {-recurse-}
 )

-- | Writes the two unevaluated lists to separate concurrent channels, reads them both & merges the results into a single list, evaluating in parallel, lazily on demand.
divideAndConquer
	:: ([a] -> [a] -> [a])	-- ^ Merge-function, which reads from the two channels, to produce a results-list.
	-> [a]			-- ^ Data for first channel.
	-> [a]			-- ^ Data for second channel.
	-> IO [a]
divideAndConquer merge l r	= do
	chan0	<- Control.Concurrent.Chan.newChan
	chan1	<- Control.Concurrent.Chan.newChan

	Control.Monad.void . Control.Concurrent.forkIO $ writeListToChan chan0 l

	Control.Monad.void . Control.Concurrent.forkIO $ writeListToChan chan1 r

	merge <$> readListFromChan chan0 <*> readListFromChan chan1