We have proxies for channels, but not for threads. On Fri, May 12, 2017, 1:25 PM Matthias Felleisen <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Ouch. (I should have thought of this.) > > So we need proxies for channels. > > > > > > On May 12, 2017, at 1:21 PM, Scott Moore <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Can confirm. ;) > > > > On May 12, 2017, 1:13 PM -0400, Sam Tobin-Hochstadt < > [email protected]>, wrote: > >> The problem with Typed Racket would come from sending a higher order > value to an untyped thread. I'm pretty sure you could get unsoundness there. > >> > >> On Fri, May 12, 2017, 12:00 PM Matthias Felleisen <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> I cannot turn this one into a problem with Typed Racket though. th must > have type Thread and the -> Any of thread-receive requires a cast already, > which covers our ‘soundness’ behind. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > On May 12, 2017, at 11:38 AM, Robby Findler < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> > > >> > Yeah, that's a real one. :) > >> > > >> > Robby > >> > > >> > On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 10:30 AM, Scott Moore <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> Reading a bit further in the docs, there is a bigger hole: > >> >> > >> >> (define (component-1 value channel) > >> >> (thread-send channel value)) > >> >> > >> >> (define-values (component-2 channel) > >> >> (let () > >> >> (define main (current-thread)) > >> >> (define th > >> >> (thread (lambda () (thread-send main (thread-receive))))) > >> >> (values (lambda () (thread-receive)) th))) > >> >> > >> >>> (component-1 (lambda () "hello world") channel) > >> >>> ((component-2)) > >> >> "hello world" > >> >> > >> >> On May 12, 2017, 11:05 AM -0400, Matthias Felleisen < > [email protected]>, > >> >> wrote: > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> What your (cool little) program demonstrates is that *information* > can flow > >> >> from one thread to another, not *data*. You need to convince me that > data > >> >> flows and then we need to figure out how to protect/monitor this > data. And > >> >> at that point, you can possibly see lambdas flow too. > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> On May 12, 2017, at 11:02 AM, Scott Moore <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> > >> >> I think the interesting distinction is that threads, regexps, ports, > etc, > >> >> are communication channels, but not for higher-order values. > >> >> > >> >> On May 12, 2017, 10:58 AM -0400, Scott Moore < > [email protected]>, > >> >> wrote: > >> >> > >> >> (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. 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