-USING: alien alien.c-types continuations destructors
-help.markup help.syntax kernel math quotations
-specialized-arrays ;
+USING: alien alien.c-types destructors help.markup help.syntax
+quotations specialized-arrays ;
IN: io.mmap
HELP: mapped-file
} ;
HELP: <mapped-file>
-{ $values { "path" "a pathname string" } { "mmap" mapped-file } }
+{ $values { "path" "a pathname string" } { "mmap" mapped-file } }
{ $contract "Opens a file and maps its contents into memory. The length is permitted to exceed the length of the file on disk, in which case the remaining space is padded with zero bytes." }
{ $notes "You must call " { $link dispose } " when you are finished working with the returned object, to reclaim resources. The " { $link with-mapped-file } " provides an abstraction which can close the mapped file for you." }
{ $errors "Throws an error if a memory mapping could not be established." } ;
HELP: with-mapped-file
-{ $values { "path" "a pathname string" } { "quot" { $quotation "( mmap -- )" } } }
+{ $values { "path" "a pathname string" } { "quot" { $quotation ( mmap -- ) } } }
{ $contract "Opens a file for read/write access and maps its contents into memory, passing the " { $link mapped-file } " instance to the quotation. The mapped file is disposed of when the quotation returns, or if an error is thrown." }
{ $notes "This is a low-level word, because " { $link mapped-file } " objects simply expose their base address and length. Most applications should use " { $link "io.mmap.arrays" } " instead." }
{ $errors "Throws an error if a memory mapping could not be established." } ;
HELP: with-mapped-file-reader
-{ $values { "path" "a pathname string" } { "quot" { $quotation "( mmap -- )" } } }
+{ $values { "path" "a pathname string" } { "quot" { $quotation ( mmap -- ) } } }
{ $contract "Opens a file for read-only access and maps its contents into memory, passing the " { $link mapped-file } " instance to the quotation. The mapped file is disposed of when the quotation returns, or if an error is thrown." }
{ $notes "This is a low-level word, because " { $link mapped-file } " objects simply expose their base address and length. See " { $link "io.mmap.arrays" } " for a discussion of how to access data in a mapped file." }
{ $errors "Throws an error if a memory mapping could not be established." } ;
{ $errors "Throws an error if a memory mapping could not be established." } ;
HELP: <mapped-file-reader>
-{ $values { "path" "a pathname string" } { "mmap" mapped-file } }
+{ $values { "path" "a pathname string" } { "mmap" mapped-file } }
{ $contract "Opens a file for reading only and maps its contents into memory. The length is permitted to exceed the length of the file on disk, in which case the remaining space is padded with zero bytes." }
{ $notes "You must call " { $link dispose } " when you are finished working with the returned object, to reclaim resources. The " { $link with-mapped-file } " provides an abstraction which can close the mapped file for you." }
{ $errors "Throws an error if a memory mapping could not be established." } ;
{ $values
{ "path" "a pathname string" } { "c-type" c-type } { "quot" quotation }
}
-{ $description "Memory-maps a file for reading and writing as a mapped-array of the given c-type. The mapped file is disposed of when the quotation returns, or if an error is thrown." }
+{ $description "Memory-maps a file for reading and writing, wrapping it in a specialized array with the given element type. The mapped file is disposed of when the quotation returns, or if an error is thrown." }
{ $examples
{ $unchecked-example
"USING: alien.c-types io.mmap prettyprint specialized-arrays ;"
"SPECIALIZED-ARRAY: uint"
-""""resource:license.txt" uint [
+"resource:LICENSE.txt\" uint [
[ . ] each
-] with-mapped-array"""
+] with-mapped-array"
""
}
}
"The " { $link <mapped-file> } " word returns an instance of " { $link mapped-file } ", which doesn't directly support the sequence protocol. Instead, it needs to be wrapped in a specialized array of the appropriate C type:"
{ $subsections <mapped-array> }
"Additionally, files may be opened with two combinators which take a c-type as input:"
-{ $subsections with-mapped-array }
-{ $subsections with-mapped-array-reader }
+{ $subsections with-mapped-array with-mapped-array-reader }
"The appropriate specialized array type must first be generated with " { $link POSTPONE: SPECIALIZED-ARRAY: } "."
$nl
"Data can also be read and written from the " { $link mapped-file } " by applying low-level alien words to the " { $slot "address" } " slot. This approach is not recommended, though, since in most cases the compiler will generate efficient code for specialized array usage. See " { $link "reading-writing-memory" } " for a description of low-level memory access primitives." ;
"SPECIALIZED-ARRAY: char"
""
"\"mydata.dat\" char ["
- " 4 <sliced-groups>"
- " [ reverse-here ] change-each"
+ " 4 <groups>"
+ " [ reverse! drop ] each"
"] with-mapped-array"
}
-"Normalize a file containing packed quadrupes of floats:"
+"Normalize a file containing packed quadruples of floats:"
{ $code
"USING: kernel io.mmap math.vectors math.vectors.simd" "sequences specialized-arrays ;"
- "SIMD: float"
"SPECIALIZED-ARRAY: float-4"
""
"\"mydata.dat\" float-4 ["
- " [ normalize ] change-each"
+ " [ normalize ] map! drop"
"] with-mapped-array"
} ;
{ $subsections <mapped-file> }
"Memory-mapped files are disposable and can be closed with " { $link dispose } " or " { $link with-disposal } "." $nl
"Utility combinators which wrap the above:"
-{ $subsections with-mapped-file }
-{ $subsections with-mapped-file-reader }
-{ $subsections with-mapped-array }
-{ $subsections with-mapped-array-reader }
+{ $subsections with-mapped-file
+ with-mapped-file-reader
+ with-mapped-array
+ with-mapped-array-reader }
"Instances of " { $link mapped-file } " don't support any interesting operations in themselves. There are two facilities for accessing their contents:"
{ $subsections
"io.mmap.arrays"
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