# \Ractor is an Actor-model abstraction for Ruby that provides thread-safe parallel execution.
#
# Ractor.new makes a new \Ractor, which can run in parallel.
#
# # The simplest ractor
# r = Ractor.new {puts "I am in Ractor!"}
# r.join # wait for it to finish
# # Here, "I am in Ractor!" is printed
#
# Ractors do not share all objects with each other. There are two main benefits to this: across ractors, thread-safety
# concerns such as data-races and race-conditions are not possible. The other benefit is parallelism.
#
# To achieve this, object sharing is limited across ractors.
# For example, unlike in threads, ractors can't access all the objects available in other ractors. Even objects normally
# available through variables in the outer scope are prohibited from being used across ractors.
#
# a = 1
# r = Ractor.new {puts "I am in Ractor! a=#{a}"}
# # fails immediately with
# # ArgumentError (can not isolate a Proc because it accesses outer variables (a).)
#
# The object must be explicitly shared:
# a = 1
# r = Ractor.new(a) { |a1| puts "I am in Ractor! a=#{a1}"}
#
# On CRuby (the default implementation), Global Virtual Machine Lock (GVL) is held per ractor, so
# ractors can perform in parallel without locking each other. This is unlike the situation with threads
# on CRuby.
#
# Instead of accessing shared state, objects should be passed to and from ractors by
# sending and receiving them as messages.
#
# a = 1
# r = Ractor.new do
# a_in_ractor = receive # receive blocks until somebody passes a message
# puts "I am in Ractor! a=#{a_in_ractor}"
# end
# r.send(a) # pass it
# r.join
# # Here, "I am in Ractor! a=1" is printed
#
# In addition to that, any arguments passed to Ractor.new are passed to the block and available there
# as if received by Ractor.receive, and the last block value can be received with Ractor#value.
#
# == Shareable and unshareable objects
#
# When an object is sent to and from a ractor, it's important to understand whether the
# object is shareable or unshareable. Most Ruby objects are unshareable objects. Even
# frozen objects can be unshareable if they contain (through their instance variables) unfrozen
# objects.
#
# Shareable objects are those which can be used by several threads without compromising
# thread-safety, for example numbers, +true+ and +false+. Ractor.shareable? allows you to check this,
# and Ractor.make_shareable tries to make the object shareable if it's not already, and gives an error
# if it can't do it.
#
# Ractor.shareable?(1) #=> true -- numbers and other immutable basic values are shareable
# Ractor.shareable?('foo') #=> false, unless the string is frozen due to # frozen_string_literal: true
# Ractor.shareable?('foo'.freeze) #=> true
# Ractor.shareable?([Object.new].freeze) #=> false, inner object is unfrozen
#
# ary = ['hello', 'world']
# ary.frozen? #=> false
# ary[0].frozen? #=> false
# Ractor.make_shareable(ary)
# ary.frozen? #=> true
# ary[0].frozen? #=> true
# ary[1].frozen? #=> true
#
# When a shareable object is sent (via #send or Ractor.yield), no additional processing occurs
# on it. It just becomes usable by both ractors. When an unshareable object is sent, it can be
# either _copied_ or _moved_. The first is the default, and it copies the object fully by
# deep cloning (Object#clone) the non-shareable parts of its structure.
#
# data = ['foo', 'bar'.freeze]
# r = Ractor.new do
# data2 = Ractor.receive
# puts "In ractor: #{data2.object_id}, #{data2[0].object_id}, #{data2[1].object_id}"
# end
# r.send(data)
# r.take
# puts "Outside : #{data.object_id}, #{data[0].object_id}, #{data[1].object_id}"
#
# This will output something like:
#
# In ractor: 340, 360, 320
# Outside : 380, 400, 320
#
# Note that the object ids of the array and the non-frozen string inside the array have changed in
# the ractor because they are different objects. The second array's element, which is a
# shareable frozen string, is the same object.
#
# Deep cloning of objects may be slow, and sometimes impossible. Alternatively, move: true may
# be used during sending. This will move the unshareable object to the receiving ractor, making it
# inaccessible to the sending ractor.
#
# data = ['foo', 'bar']
# r = Ractor.new do
# data_in_ractor = Ractor.receive
# puts "In ractor: #{data_in_ractor.object_id}, #{data_in_ractor[0].object_id}"
# end
# r.send(data, move: true)
# r.take
# puts "Outside: moved? #{Ractor::MovedObject === data}"
# puts "Outside: #{data.inspect}"
#
# This will output:
#
# In ractor: 100, 120
# Outside: moved? true
# test.rb:9:in `method_missing': can not send any methods to a moved object (Ractor::MovedError)
#
# Notice that even +inspect+ (and more basic methods like __id__) is inaccessible
# on a moved object.
#
# +Class+ and +Module+ objects are shareable so the class/module definitions are shared between ractors.
# \Ractor objects are also shareable. All operations on shareable objects are thread-safe, so the thread-safety property
# will be kept. We can not define mutable shareable objects in Ruby, but C extensions can introduce them.
#
# It is prohibited to access (get) instance variables of shareable objects in other ractors if the values of the
# variables aren't shareable. This can occur because modules/classes are shareable, but they can have
# instance variables whose values are not. In non-main ractors, it's also prohibited to set instance
# variables on classes/modules (even if the value is shareable).
#
# class C
# class << self
# attr_accessor :tricky
# end
# end
#
# C.tricky = "unshareable".dup
#
# r = Ractor.new(C) do |cls|
# puts "I see #{cls}"
# puts "I can't see #{cls.tricky}"
# cls.tricky = true # doesn't get here, but this would also raise an error
# end
# r.take
# # I see C
# # can not access instance variables of classes/modules from non-main Ractors (RuntimeError)
#
# Ractors can access constants if they are shareable. The main \Ractor is the only one that can
# access non-shareable constants.
#
# GOOD = 'good'.freeze
# BAD = 'bad'.dup
#
# r = Ractor.new do
# puts "GOOD=#{GOOD}"
# puts "BAD=#{BAD}"
# end
# r.take
# # GOOD=good
# # can not access non-shareable objects in constant Object::BAD by non-main Ractor. (NameError)
#
# # Consider the same C class from above
#
# r = Ractor.new do
# puts "I see #{C}"
# puts "I can't see #{C.tricky}"
# end
# r.take
# # I see C
# # can not access instance variables of classes/modules from non-main Ractors (RuntimeError)
#
# See also the description of # shareable_constant_value pragma in
# {Comments syntax}[rdoc-ref:syntax/comments.rdoc] explanation.
#
# == Ractors vs threads
#
# Each ractor has its own main Thread. New threads can be created from inside ractors
# (and, on CRuby, they share the GVL with other threads of this ractor).
#
# r = Ractor.new do
# a = 1
# Thread.new {puts "Thread in ractor: a=#{a}"}.join
# end
# r.take
# # Here "Thread in ractor: a=1" will be printed
#
# == Note on code examples
#
# In the examples below, sometimes we use the following method to wait for ractors that
# are not currently blocked to finish (or to make progress).
#
# def wait
# sleep(0.1)
# end
#
# It is **only for demonstration purposes** and shouldn't be used in a real code.
# Most of the time, #take is used to wait for ractors to finish.
#
# == Reference
#
# See {Ractor design doc}[rdoc-ref:ractor.md] for more details.
#
class Ractor
#
# call-seq:
# Ractor.new(*args, name: nil) {|*args| block } -> ractor
#
# Create a new \Ractor with args and a block.
#
# The given block (Proc) will be isolated (can't access any outer variables). +self+
# inside the block will refer to the current \Ractor.
#
# r = Ractor.new { puts "Hi, I am #{self.inspect}" }
# r.take
# # Prints "Hi, I am #"
#
# Any +args+ passed are propagated to the block arguments by the same rules as
# objects sent via #send/Ractor.receive. If an argument in +args+ is not shareable, it
# will be copied (via deep cloning, which might be inefficient).
#
# arg = [1, 2, 3]
# puts "Passing: #{arg} (##{arg.object_id})"
# r = Ractor.new(arg) {|received_arg|
# puts "Received: #{received_arg} (##{received_arg.object_id})"
# }
# r.take
# # Prints:
# # Passing: [1, 2, 3] (#280)
# # Received: [1, 2, 3] (#300)
#
# Ractor's +name+ can be set for debugging purposes:
#
# r = Ractor.new(name: 'my ractor') {}; r.take
# p r
# #=> #
#
def self.new(*args, name: nil, &block)
b = block # TODO: builtin bug
raise ArgumentError, "must be called with a block" unless block
if __builtin_cexpr!("RBOOL(ruby_single_main_ractor)")
Kernel.warn("Ractor is experimental, and the behavior may change in future versions of Ruby! " \
"Also there are many implementation issues.", uplevel: 0, category: :experimental)
end
loc = caller_locations(1, 1).first
loc = "#{loc.path}:#{loc.lineno}"
__builtin_ractor_create(loc, name, args, b)
end
# Returns the currently executing Ractor.
#
# Ractor.current #=> #
def self.current
__builtin_cexpr! %q{
rb_ractor_self(rb_ec_ractor_ptr(ec));
}
end
# Returns the number of Ractors currently running or blocking (waiting).
#
# Ractor.count #=> 1
# r = Ractor.new(name: 'example') { Ractor.yield(1) }
# Ractor.count #=> 2 (main + example ractor)
# r.take # wait for Ractor.yield(1)
# r.take # wait until r will finish
# Ractor.count #=> 1
def self.count
__builtin_cexpr! %q{
ULONG2NUM(GET_VM()->ractor.cnt);
}
end
#
# call-seq:
# Ractor.select(*ports) -> [...]
#
# TBD
def self.select(*ports)
raise ArgumentError, 'specify at least one ractor or `yield_value`' if ports.empty?
monitors = {} # Ractor::Port => Ractor
ports = ports.map do |arg|
case arg
when Ractor
port = Ractor::Port.new
monitors[port] = arg
arg.monitor port
port
when Ractor::Port
arg
else
raise ArgumentError, "should be Ractor::Port or Ractor"
end
end
begin
result_port, obj = __builtin_ractor_select_internal(ports)
if r = monitors[result_port]
[r, r.value]
else
[result_port, obj]
end
ensure
# close all ports for join
monitors.each do |port, r|
r.unmonitor port
port.close
end
end
end
#
# call-seq:
# Ractor.receive -> obj
#
# Receive a message from the default port.
def self.receive
Ractor.current.default_port.receive
end
class << self
alias recv receive
end
# same as Ractor.receive
private def receive
default_port.receive
end
alias recv receive
#
# call-seq:
# ractor.send(msg) -> self
#
# It is equivalent to default_port.send(msg)
def send(...)
default_port.send(...)
self
end
alias << send
def inspect
loc = __builtin_cexpr! %q{ RACTOR_PTR(self)->loc }
name = __builtin_cexpr! %q{ RACTOR_PTR(self)->name }
id = __builtin_cexpr! %q{ UINT2NUM(rb_ractor_id(RACTOR_PTR(self))) }
status = __builtin_cexpr! %q{
rb_str_new2(ractor_status_str(RACTOR_PTR(self)->status_))
}
"#"
end
alias to_s inspect
# The name set in Ractor.new, or +nil+.
def name
__builtin_cexpr! %q{RACTOR_PTR(self)->name}
end
class RemoteError
# The Ractor an uncaught exception is raised in.
attr_reader :ractor
end
#
# call-seq:
# Ractor.current.close -> true | false
#
# Closes default_port. Closing port is allowed only by the ractor which creates this port.
# So this close method also allowed by the current Ractor.
#
def close
default_port.close
end
#
# call-seq:
# Ractor.shareable?(obj) -> true | false
#
# Checks if the object is shareable by ractors.
#
# Ractor.shareable?(1) #=> true -- numbers and other immutable basic values are frozen
# Ractor.shareable?('foo') #=> false, unless the string is frozen due to # frozen_string_literal: true
# Ractor.shareable?('foo'.freeze) #=> true
#
# See also the "Shareable and unshareable objects" section in the \Ractor class docs.
def self.shareable? obj
__builtin_cexpr! %q{
RBOOL(rb_ractor_shareable_p(obj));
}
end
#
# call-seq:
# Ractor.make_shareable(obj, copy: false) -> shareable_obj
#
# Make +obj+ shareable between ractors.
#
# +obj+ and all the objects it refers to will be frozen, unless they are
# already shareable.
#
# If +copy+ keyword is +true+, it will copy objects before freezing them, and will not
# modify +obj+ or its internal objects.
#
# Note that the specification and implementation of this method are not
# mature and may be changed in the future.
#
# obj = ['test']
# Ractor.shareable?(obj) #=> false
# Ractor.make_shareable(obj) #=> ["test"]
# Ractor.shareable?(obj) #=> true
# obj.frozen? #=> true
# obj[0].frozen? #=> true
#
# # Copy vs non-copy versions:
# obj1 = ['test']
# obj1s = Ractor.make_shareable(obj1)
# obj1.frozen? #=> true
# obj1s.object_id == obj1.object_id #=> true
# obj2 = ['test']
# obj2s = Ractor.make_shareable(obj2, copy: true)
# obj2.frozen? #=> false
# obj2s.frozen? #=> true
# obj2s.object_id == obj2.object_id #=> false
# obj2s[0].object_id == obj2[0].object_id #=> false
#
# See also the "Shareable and unshareable objects" section in the Ractor class docs.
def self.make_shareable obj, copy: false
if copy
__builtin_cexpr! %q{
rb_ractor_make_shareable_copy(obj);
}
else
__builtin_cexpr! %q{
rb_ractor_make_shareable(obj);
}
end
end
# get a value from ractor-local storage for current Ractor
# Obsolete and use Ractor.[] instead.
def [](sym)
if (self != Ractor.current)
raise RuntimeError, "Cannot get ractor local storage for non-current ractor"
end
Primitive.ractor_local_value(sym)
end
# set a value in ractor-local storage for current Ractor
# Obsolete and use Ractor.[]= instead.
def []=(sym, val)
if (self != Ractor.current)
raise RuntimeError, "Cannot set ractor local storage for non-current ractor"
end
Primitive.ractor_local_value_set(sym, val)
end
# get a value from ractor-local storage of current Ractor
def self.[](sym)
Primitive.ractor_local_value(sym)
end
# set a value in ractor-local storage of current Ractor
def self.[]=(sym, val)
Primitive.ractor_local_value_set(sym, val)
end
# call-seq:
# Ractor.store_if_absent(key){ init_block }
#
# If the corresponding value is not set, yield a value with
# init_block and store the value in thread-safe manner.
# This method returns corresponding stored value.
#
# (1..10).map{
# Thread.new(it){|i|
# Ractor.store_if_absent(:s){ f(); i }
# #=> return stored value of key :s
# }
# }.map(&:value).uniq.size #=> 1 and f() is called only once
#
def self.store_if_absent(sym)
Primitive.ractor_local_value_store_if_absent(sym)
end
# returns main ractor
def self.main
__builtin_cexpr! %q{
rb_ractor_self(GET_VM()->ractor.main_ractor);
}
end
# return true if the current ractor is main ractor
def self.main?
__builtin_cexpr! %q{
RBOOL(GET_VM()->ractor.main_ractor == rb_ec_ractor_ptr(ec))
}
end
# internal method
def self._require feature # :nodoc:
if main?
super feature
else
Primitive.ractor_require feature
end
end
class << self
private
# internal method that is called when the first "Ractor.new" is called
def _activated # :nodoc:
Kernel.prepend Module.new{|m|
m.set_temporary_name ''
def require feature # :nodoc: -- otherwise RDoc outputs it as a class method
if Ractor.main?
super
else
Ractor._require feature
end
end
}
end
end
#
# call-seq:
# ractor.default_port -> port object
#
# return default port of the Ractor.
#
def default_port
__builtin_cexpr! %q{
ractor_default_port_value(RACTOR_PTR(self))
}
end
#
# call-seq:
# ractor.join -> self
#
# Wait for the termination of the Ractor.
# If the Ractor was aborted (terminated with an exception),
# Ractor#value is called to raise an exception.
#
# Ractor.new{}.join #=> ractor
#
# Ractor.new{ raise "foo" }.join
# #=> raise an exception "foo (RuntimeError)"
#
def join
port = Port.new
self.monitor port
if port.receive == :aborted
__builtin_ractor_value
end
self
ensure
port.close
end
#
# call-seq:
# ractor.value -> obj
#
# Waits for +ractor+ to complete, using #join, and return its value or raise
# the exception which terminated the Ractor. The value will not be copied even
# if it is unshareable object. Therefore at most 1 Ractor can get a value.
#
# r = Ractor.new{ [1, 2] }
# r.value #=> [1, 2] (unshareable object)
#
# Ractor.new(r){|r| r.value} #=> Ractor::Error
#
def value
self.join
__builtin_ractor_value
end
# keep it for compatibility
def take
Kernel.warn("Ractor#take was deprecated and use Ractor#value instead. This method will be removed after the end of Aug 2025", uplevel: 0)
self.value
end
#
# call-seq:
# ractor.monitor(port) -> self
#
# Register port as a monitoring port. If the ractor terminated,
# the port received a Symbol object.
# :exited will be sent if the ractor terminated without an exception.
# :aborted will be sent if the ractor terminated with a exception.
#
# r = Ractor.new{ some_task() }
# r.monitor(port = Ractor::Port.new)
# port.receive #=> :exited and r is terminated
#
# r = Ractor.new{ raise "foo" }
# r.monitor(port = Ractor::Port.new)
# port.receive #=> :terminated and r is terminated with an exception "foo"
#
def monitor port
__builtin_ractor_monitor(port)
end
#
# call-seq:
# ractor.unmonitor(port) -> self
#
# Unregister port from the monitoring ports.
#
def unmonitor port
__builtin_ractor_unmonitor(port)
end
class Port
#
# call-seq:
# port.receive -> msg
#
# Receive a message to the port (which was sent there by Port#send).
#
# port = Ractor::Port.new
# r = Ractor.new port do |port|
# port.send('message1')
# end
#
# v1 = port.receive
# puts "Received: #{v1}"
# r.join
# # Here will be printed: "Received: message1"
#
# The method blocks if the message queue is empty.
#
# port = Ractor::Port.new
# r = Ractor.new port do |port|
# wait
# puts "Still not received"
# port.send('message1')
# wait
# puts "Still received only one"
# port.send('message2')
# end
# puts "Before first receive"
# v1 = port.receive
# puts "Received: #{v1}"
# v2 = port.receive
# puts "Received: #{v2}"
# r.join
#
# Output:
#
# Before first receive
# Still not received
# Received: message1
# Still received only one
# Received: message2
#
# If close_incoming was called on the ractor, the method raises Ractor::ClosedError
# if there are no more messages in the message queue:
#
# port = Ractor::Port.new
# port.close
# port.receive #=> raise Ractor::ClosedError
#
def receive
__builtin_cexpr! %q{
ractor_port_receive(ec, self)
}
end
#
# call-seq:
# port.send(msg, move: false) -> self
#
# Send a message to a port to be accepted by port.receive.
#
# port = Ractor::Port.new
# r = Ractor.new do
# r.send 'message'
# end
# value = port.receive
# puts "Received #{value}"
# # Prints: "Received: message"
#
# The method is non-blocking (will return immediately even if the ractor is not ready
# to receive anything):
#
# port = Ractor::Port.new
# r = Ractor.new(port) do |port|
# port.send 'test'}
# puts "Sent successfully"
# # Prints: "Sent successfully" immediately
# end
#
# An attempt to send to a port which already closed its execution will raise Ractor::ClosedError.
#
# r = Ractor.new {Ractor::Port.new}
# r.join
# p r
# # "#"
# port = r.value
# port.send('test') # raise Ractor::ClosedError
#
# If the +obj+ is unshareable, by default it will be copied into the receiving ractor by deep cloning.
#
# If the object is shareable, it only send a reference to the object without cloning.
#
def send obj, move: false
__builtin_cexpr! %q{
ractor_port_send(ec, self, obj, move)
}
end
alias << send
#
# call-seq:
# port.close
#
# Close the port. On the closed port, sending is not prohibited.
# Receiving is also not allowed if there is no sent messages arrived before closing.
#
# port = Ractor::Port.new
# Ractor.new port do |port|
# port.send 1 # OK
# port.send 2 # OK
# port.close
# port.send 3 # raise Ractor::ClosedError
# end
#
# port.receive #=> 1
# port.receive #=> 2
# port.receive #=> raise Ractor::ClosedError
#
# Now, only a Ractor which creates the port is allowed to close ports.
#
# port = Ractor::Port.new
# Ractor.new port do |port|
# port.close #=> closing port by other ractors is not allowed (Ractor::Error)
# end.join
#
def close
__builtin_cexpr! %q{
ractor_port_close(ec, self)
}
end
#
# call-seq:
# port.closed? -> true/false
#
# Return the port is closed or not.
def closed?
__builtin_cexpr! %q{
ractor_port_closed_p(ec, self);
}
end
#
# call-seq:
# port.inspect -> string
def inspect
"#r)))"
} id:#{
__builtin_cexpr! "SIZET2NUM(ractor_port_id(RACTOR_PORT_PTR(self)))"
}>"
end
end
end