Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of Chapel

Timestamp:

11/02/11 16:17:05 (15 years ago)

Author:

stachnik

Comment:

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Chapel

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  * array
  * sync
+
+   Have hidden state, empty or full. Read blocks on empty, write blocks on full (Has other methods, writeXX(), readXX() etc.)
+
  * single
+
+   Write once, reads block until written to (Error condition if written to more than once)
+
  == Statements ==
+ * sync <statement>
+
+   Wait for all tasks created in the statement to complete
+
+ * serial <expression> <statement>
+
+   If expression is true, serializes all code in statement
+
+ * atomic <statement>
+
+   A transaction
+
  * for
  * forall
+
+   Like coforall, but iterations distributed among tasks in any way, including, possibly, one task
+
  * coforall
+
+   Assign one task to each iteration, wait for all iterations to complete
+
  * begin
+
+   Launch task to execute statement, proceed without blocking
+
  * cobegin
+
+   Assign one task to each statement, wait for all to complete
+
  * call
  * assignment