(define (component-1 value)
  (define t
    (thread (lambda ()
              (thread-suspend t)
              (for ([i (in-range value)])
                (thread-suspend t)))))
  t)

(define (component-2 thread)
  (thread-resume thread)
  (let* ([suspend-evt (thread-suspend-evt thread)]
         [dead-evt (thread-dead-evt thread)]
         [result (sync suspend-evt dead-evt)])
    (if (eq? result dead-evt)
        0
        (add1 (component-2 thread)))))

> (define t (component-1 2))
> (component-2 t)
2
> (define t (component-1 5))
> (component-2 t)
5

On May 12, 2017, 10:46 AM -0400, Robby Findler <[email protected]>, 
wrote:
> I would say that the event value is the channel of communication. But,
> if this expression:
>
> (sync (thread (lambda () 3)))
>
> returned 3, then I'd say that thread itself is a channel of
> communication. But threads give themselves back to sync, not the
> values that their thunks return.
>
> Robby
>
> On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 9:41 AM, Matthias Felleisen
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > I tend to agree though there is some information flowing from a thread to 
> > its context (thread CML events). I have to think whether this is a channel 
> > of communication.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > On May 12, 2017, at 8:57 AM, Robby Findler <[email protected]> 
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > This perspective suggests a gap in the design in some sense, I would
> > > say. The PL construct cannot, on its own, guarantee that the values
> > > from #:authentic structs end up behaving like those kinds of values.
> > >
> > > (also: threads and regexps don't seem problematic from the contract
> > > perspective, but ports do, since they are a communication channel and
> > > the others aren't.)
> > >
> > > Robby
> > >
> > >
> > > On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 7:52 AM, Matthew Flatt <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > I think a better analogy is to values like #<thread>, #<input-port>, or
> > > > #<regexp>. Although those kinds of values are implemented with structs,
> > > > the accessor and mutator functions are not exported (and, as Scott
> > > > says, there's no way to get the accessors and mutations by reflection),
> > > > so there's no way to impersonate the values. In general, it's up to the
> > > > implementation of a new kind of value to supply impersonator/chaperone
> > > > support for those values, and implementations usually don't.
> > > >
> > > > At Thu, 11 May 2017 19:00:43 -0400, Matthias Felleisen wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Oh right.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > On May 11, 2017, at 6:54 PM, Robby Findler 
> > > > > > <[email protected]
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > They would be the same. We currently cannot chaperone or 
> > > > > > impersonate cons
> > > > > cells. We copy them.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Robby
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 5:51 PM Matthias Felleisen 
> > > > > > <[email protected]
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Yes except that you can contract cons cells. So why couldn’t you 
> > > > > > contract
> > > > > authentic structs then?
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > On May 11, 2017, at 6:41 PM, Robby Findler 
> > > > > > > <[email protected]
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Indeed: if we did that, then these structs would be much like cons
> > > > > > > cells currently are.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Robby
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 5:39 PM, Robby Findler
> > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > > > > What if #:authentic (or whatever) were only allowed on immutable
> > > > > > > > objects and we allowed them to be copied? Then contracts could 
> > > > > > > > protect
> > > > > > > > them.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Robby
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 5:38 PM, Matthias Felleisen
> > > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > @ Christos
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > #:authentic explicitly introduces a channel of communication 
> > > > > > > > > that it is
> > > > > not protectable by contracts. This makes Racket’s contract system 
> > > > > explicitly
> > > > > incomplete. It might have been incomplete in the past for other 
> > > > > reasons.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > If the name isn’t fixed, #:no-proxy-allowed would be my 
> > > > > > > > > preference.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > — Matthias
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > On May 11, 2017, at 12:48 PM, Scott Moore 
> > > > > > > > > > <[email protected]
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > I agree that generally don't want performance 
> > > > > > > > > > > declarations that
> > > > > > > > > > > interfere with reasonable interposition. The good uses of 
> > > > > > > > > > > `#:authentic`
> > > > > > > > > > > would be in places where the struct representation of a 
> > > > > > > > > > > value is not
> > > > > > > > > > > exposed or where the values themselves are not exposed 
> > > > > > > > > > > (so any
> > > > > > > > > > > interposition means being on the "inside" where you can 
> > > > > > > > > > > change the
> > > > > > > > > > > code, anyway).
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Yes, I agree with this. I think as far as how this changes 
> > > > > > > > > > Racket’s
> > > > > data abstraction model, the key is “where the values themselves are 
> > > > > not
> > > > > exposed.”
> > > > > > > > > > #:authentic only has an interesting effect in the other 
> > > > > > > > > > case, where
> > > > > “outside” code gets its hands on a value of the struct type. 
> > > > > Previously, I
> > > > > could write a program that used inspectors to impersonate this value
> > > > > regardless of the “inside” code’s intent. Now that would no longer be 
> > > > > possible.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > I doubt there is much code that currently relies on being 
> > > > > > > > > > able to do
> > > > > this and so I would say go ahead. (Perhaps DrRacket or other 
> > > > > debugging tools?)
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > On the other hand, Spencer already asked if this would be 
> > > > > > > > > > something the
> > > > > optimization coach would recommend. I think it would be important for 
> > > > > the
> > > > > documentation of #:authentic or the implementation of such a coach to 
> > > > > stress
> > > > > the importance of the rules of thumb you just laid out.
> > > > > > > > > >
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