{-# LANGUAGE CPP #-} -- | /Towards Haskell in the Cloud/ (Epstein et al., Haskell Symposium 2011) -- proposes a new type construct called 'static' that characterizes values that -- are known statically. Cloud Haskell uses the -- 'Control.Distributed.Static.Static' implementation from -- "Control.Distributed.Static". That module comes with its own extensive -- documentation, which you should read if you want to know the details. Here -- we explain the Template Haskell support only. -- -- [Static values] -- -- Given a top-level (possibly polymorphic, but unqualified) definition -- -- > f :: forall a1 .. an. T -- > f = ... -- -- you can use a Template Haskell splice to create a static version of 'f': -- -- > $(mkStatic 'f) :: forall a1 .. an. (Typeable a1, .., Typeable an) => Static T -- -- Every module that you write that contains calls to 'mkStatic' needs to -- have a call to 'remotable': -- -- > remotable [ 'f, 'g, ... ] -- -- where you must pass every function (or other value) that you pass as an -- argument to 'mkStatic'. The call to 'remotable' will create a definition -- -- > __remoteTable :: RemoteTable -> RemoteTable -- -- which can be used to construct the 'RemoteTable' used to initialize -- Cloud Haskell. You should have (at most) one call to 'remotable' per module, -- and compose all created functions when initializing Cloud Haskell: -- -- > let rtable :: RemoteTable -- > rtable = M1.__remoteTable -- > . M2.__remoteTable -- > . ... -- > . Mn.__remoteTable -- > $ initRemoteTable -- -- NOTE: If you get a type error from ghc along these lines -- -- > The exact Name `a_a30k' is not in scope -- > Probable cause: you used a unique name (NameU) in Template Haskell but did not bind it -- -- then you need to enable the @ScopedTypeVariables@ language extension. -- -- [Static serialization dictionaries] -- -- Some Cloud Haskell primitives require static serialization dictionaries (**): -- -- > call :: Serializable a => Static (SerializableDict a) -> NodeId -> Closure (Process a) -> Process a -- -- Given some serializable type 'T' you can define -- -- > sdictT :: SerializableDict T -- > sdictT = SerializableDict -- -- and then have -- -- > $(mkStatic 'sdictT) :: Static (SerializableDict T) -- -- However, since these dictionaries are so frequently required Cloud Haskell -- provides special support for them. When you call 'remotable' on a -- /monomorphic/ function @f :: T1 -> T2@ -- -- > remotable ['f] -- -- then a serialization dictionary is automatically created for you, which you -- can access with -- -- > $(functionSDict 'f) :: Static (SerializableDict T1) -- -- In addition, if @f :: T1 -> Process T2@, then a second dictionary is created -- -- > $(functionTDict 'f) :: Static (SerializableDict T2) -- -- [Closures] -- -- Suppose you have a process -- -- > isPrime :: Integer -> Process Bool -- -- Then -- -- > $(mkClosure 'isPrime) :: Integer -> Closure (Process Bool) -- -- which you can then 'call', for example, to have a remote node check if -- a number is prime. -- -- In general, if you have a /monomorphic/ function -- -- > f :: T1 -> T2 -- -- then -- -- > $(mkClosure 'f) :: T1 -> Closure T2 -- -- provided that 'T1' is serializable (*) (remember to pass 'f' to 'remotable'). -- -- (You can also create closures manually--see the documentation of -- "Control.Distributed.Static" for examples.) -- -- [Example] -- -- Here is a small self-contained example that uses closures and serialization -- dictionaries. It makes use of the Control.Distributed.Process.SimpleLocalnet -- Cloud Haskell backend. -- -- > {-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell #-} -- > import System.Environment (getArgs) -- > import Control.Distributed.Process -- > import Control.Distributed.Process.Closure -- > import Control.Distributed.Process.Backend.SimpleLocalnet -- > import Control.Distributed.Process.Node (initRemoteTable) -- > -- > isPrime :: Integer -> Process Bool -- > isPrime n = return . (n `elem`) . takeWhile (<= n) . sieve $ [2..] -- > where -- > sieve :: [Integer] -> [Integer] -- > sieve (p : xs) = p : sieve [x | x <- xs, x `mod` p > 0] -- > -- > remotable ['isPrime] -- > -- > master :: [NodeId] -> Process () -- > master [] = liftIO $ putStrLn "no slaves" -- > master (slave:_) = do -- > isPrime79 <- call $(functionTDict 'isPrime) slave ($(mkClosure 'isPrime) (79 :: Integer)) -- > liftIO $ print isPrime79 -- > -- > main :: IO () -- > main = do -- > args <- getArgs -- > case args of -- > ["master", host, port] -> do -- > backend <- initializeBackend host port rtable -- > startMaster backend master -- > ["slave", host, port] -> do -- > backend <- initializeBackend host port rtable -- > startSlave backend -- > where -- > rtable :: RemoteTable -- > rtable = __remoteTable initRemoteTable -- -- [Notes] -- -- (*) If 'T1' is not serializable you will get a type error in the generated -- code. Unfortunately, the Template Haskell infrastructure cannot check -- a priori if 'T1' is serializable or not due to a bug in the Template -- Haskell libraries (<http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/7066>) -- -- (**) Even though 'call' is passed an explicit serialization -- dictionary, we still need the 'Serializable' constraint because -- 'Static' is not the /true/ static. If it was, we could 'unstatic' -- the dictionary and pattern match on it to bring the 'Typeable' -- instance into scope, but unless proper 'static' support is added to -- ghc we need both the type class argument and the explicit dictionary. module Control.Distributed.Process.Closure ( -- * Serialization dictionaries (and their static versions) SerializableDict(..) , staticDecode , sdictUnit , sdictProcessId , sdictSendPort -- * The CP type and associated combinators , CP , idCP , splitCP , returnCP , bindCP , seqCP -- * CP versions of Cloud Haskell primitives , cpLink , cpUnlink , cpRelay , cpSend , cpExpect , cpNewChan -- * Working with static values and closures (without Template Haskell) , RemoteRegister , MkTDict(..) , mkStaticVal , mkClosureValSingle , mkClosureVal , call' #ifdef TemplateHaskellSupport -- * Template Haskell support for creating static values and closures , remotable , remotableDecl , mkStatic , mkClosure , mkStaticClosure , functionSDict , functionTDict #endif ) where import Control.Distributed.Process.Serializable (SerializableDict(..)) import Control.Distributed.Process.Internal.Closure.BuiltIn ( -- Static dictionaries and associated operations staticDecode , sdictUnit , sdictProcessId , sdictSendPort -- The CP type and associated combinators , CP , idCP , splitCP , returnCP , bindCP , seqCP -- CP versions of Cloud Haskell primitives , cpLink , cpUnlink , cpRelay , cpSend , cpExpect , cpNewChan ) import Control.Distributed.Process.Internal.Closure.Explicit ( RemoteRegister , MkTDict(..) , mkStaticVal , mkClosureValSingle , mkClosureVal , call' ) #ifdef TemplateHaskellSupport import Control.Distributed.Process.Internal.Closure.TH ( remotable , remotableDecl , mkStatic , functionSDict , functionTDict , mkClosure , mkStaticClosure ) #endif