#region license // Copyright (c) 2003, 2004, 2005 Rodrigo B. de Oliveira (rbo@acm.org) // All rights reserved. // // Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, // are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: // // * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, // this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. // * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, // this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation // and/or other materials provided with the distribution. // * Neither the name of Rodrigo B. de Oliveira nor the names of its // contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this // software without specific prior written permission. // // THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND // ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED // WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE // DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE // FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL // DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR // SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER // CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, // OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF // THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. #endregion """ 2007 is the past! Let's count up to three : 1 2 3 2008 is the future! We are in 2008 """ import System import System.Threading import Coroutine [coroutine(Future: true, Looping: false, DefaultLastValue: true)] def LongComputation(): yield 2007 Thread.Sleep(3.3s) #long computation yield 2008 print LongComputation()+" is the past!" #first call to future is synchronous Console.Write("Let's count up to three :") for i in range(1, 4): Thread.Sleep(1s) Console.Write(" "+i) Console.Write(Environment.NewLine) print LongComputation()+" is the future!" #this will return almost instantaneously (~.3s) #it is the delta between the time we've been counting and the duration of computation in the future #if you add Timeout:0L in the coroutine arguments, you will get a CoroutineFutureNotReadyException print "We are in "+LongComputation()