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Tcl_AsyncCreate(3)	    Tcl Library Procedures	    Tcl_AsyncCreate(3)

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NAME
       Tcl_AsyncCreate,	  Tcl_AsyncMark,   Tcl_AsyncInvoke,   Tcl_AsyncDelete,
       Tcl_AsyncReady - handle asynchronous events

SYNOPSIS
       #include <tcl.h>

       Tcl_AsyncHandler
       Tcl_AsyncCreate(proc, clientData)

       Tcl_AsyncMark(async)

       int
       Tcl_AsyncInvoke(interp, code)

       Tcl_AsyncDelete(async)

       int
       Tcl_AsyncReady()

ARGUMENTS
       Tcl_AsyncProc *proc (in)			 Procedure to invoke to handle
						 an asynchronous event.

       ClientData clientData (in)		 One-word  value  to  pass  to
						 proc.

       Tcl_AsyncHandler async (in)		 Token for asynchronous	 event
						 handler.

       Tcl_Interp *interp (in)			 Tcl interpreter in which com‐
						 mand was being evaluated when
						 handler  was invoked, or NULL
						 if handler was	 invoked  when
						 there	 was   no  interpreter
						 active.

       int code (in)				 Completion code from  command
						 that	 just	completed   in
						 interp, or  0	if  interp  is
						 NULL.
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DESCRIPTION
       These procedures provide a safe mechanism for dealing with asynchronous
       events such as signals.	If an event such as a signal  occurs  while  a
       Tcl  script is being evaluated then it is not safe to take any substan‐
       tive action to process the event.  For example, it is not safe to eval‐
       uate a Tcl script since the interpreter may already be in the middle of
       evaluating a script; it may not even be safe to allocate memory,	 since
       a  memory  allocation  could  have  been	 in  progress  when  the event
       occurred.  The only safe approach is to set a flag indicating that  the
       event occurred, then handle the event later when the world has returned
       to a clean state, such as after the current Tcl command completes.

       Tcl_AsyncCreate, Tcl_AsyncDelete, and Tcl_AsyncReady are thread	sensi‐
       tive.   They  access and/or set a thread-specific data structure in the
       event of a core built with  --enable-threads.   The  token  created  by
       Tcl_AsyncCreate	contains  the  needed thread information it was called
       from so that calling Tcl_AsyncMark(token) will only  yield  the	origin
       thread into the asynchronous handler.

       Tcl_AsyncCreate creates an asynchronous handler and returns a token for
       it.  The asynchronous handler must be created before any occurrences of
       the asynchronous event that it is intended to handle (it is not safe to
       create a handler at the time of an event).  When an asynchronous	 event
       occurs  the  code  that	detects	 the  event (such as a signal handler)
       should call Tcl_AsyncMark with the token for the	 handler.   Tcl_Async‐
       Mark  will mark the handler as ready to execute, but it will not invoke
       the handler immediately.	 Tcl will call the proc	 associated  with  the
       handler	later,	when  the  world is in a safe state, and proc can then
       carry out the actions associated with  the  asynchronous	 event.	  Proc
       should have arguments and result that match the type Tcl_AsyncProc:
	      typedef int Tcl_AsyncProc(
		      ClientData clientData,
		      Tcl_Interp *interp,
		      int code);
       The  clientData	will  be the same as the clientData argument passed to
       Tcl_AsyncCreate when the handler was created.  If proc is invoked  just
       after  a command has completed execution in an interpreter, then interp
       will identify the interpreter in which the command  was	evaluated  and
       code  will  be  the completion code returned by that command.  The com‐
       mand's result will be present in the interpreter's result.   When  proc
       returns,	 whatever  it  leaves  in  the	interpreter's  result  will be
       returned as the result of the command and the integer value returned by
       proc will be used as the new completion code for the command.

       It  is  also  possible  for  proc  to be invoked when no interpreter is
       active.	This can happen, for example, if an asynchronous event	occurs
       while  the  application is waiting for interactive input or an X event.
       In this case interp will be NULL and code will be  0,  and  the	return
       value from proc will be ignored.

       The  procedure  Tcl_AsyncInvoke is called to invoke all of the handlers
       that are ready.	The  procedure	Tcl_AsyncReady	will  return  non-zero
       whenever	 any  asynchronous  handlers  are ready;  it can be checked to
       avoid calls to Tcl_AsyncInvoke when there are no ready  handlers.   Tcl
       calls   Tcl_AsyncReady  after  each  command  is	 evaluated  and	 calls
       Tcl_AsyncInvoke if needed.  Applications may also call  Tcl_AsyncInvoke
       at  interesting	times  for that application.  For example, Tcl's event
       handler calls Tcl_AsyncReady after each event and calls Tcl_AsyncInvoke
       if  needed.   The interp and code arguments to Tcl_AsyncInvoke have the
       same meaning as for proc:  they identify	 the  active  interpreter,  if
       any, and the completion code from the command that just completed.

       Tcl_AsyncDelete	removes	 an asynchronous handler so that its proc will
       never be invoked again.	A handler can be deleted even when ready,  and
       it will still not be invoked.

       If  multiple  handlers become active at the same time, the handlers are
       invoked in the order they were created  (oldest	handler	 first).   The
       code and the interpreter's result for later handlers reflect the values
       returned by earlier handlers, so that the most recently created handler
       has  last  say  about the interpreter's result and completion code.  If
       new handlers become ready while handlers are executing, Tcl_AsyncInvoke
       will  invoke  them  all;	 at each point it invokes the highest-priority
       (oldest) ready handler, repeating this over and over until there are no
       longer any ready handlers.

WARNING
       It  is  almost  always  a bad idea for an asynchronous event handler to
       modify the interpreter's result or return a  code  different  from  its
       code  argument.	 This  sort  of	 behavior can disrupt the execution of
       scripts in subtle ways and result in bugs that are extremely  difficult
       to  track down.	If an asynchronous event handler needs to evaluate Tcl
       scripts then it should first save the interpreter's  state  by  calling
       Tcl_SaveInterpState,  passing in the code argument.  When the asynchro‐
       nous handler is finished it should restore the interpreter's  state  by
       calling Tcl_RestoreInterpState, and then returning the code argument.

KEYWORDS
       asynchronous event, handler, signal, Tcl_SaveInterpState, thread

Tcl				      7.0		    Tcl_AsyncCreate(3)
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