rewrite to use old C++-based mechanism

src/libcore/task.rs

@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ Example:
 */
 import cast = unsafe::reinterpret_cast;
 import comm;
-import option::{some, none};
-import option = option::t;
 import ptr;
 import c = ctypes;
 
@@ -112,10 +110,23 @@ Returns:
 
 A handle to the new task
 */
-fn spawn(-f: sendfn()) -> task unsafe {
+fn spawn(-f: sendfn()) -> task {
+    spawn_inner(f, none)
+}
+
+fn spawn_inner(-f: sendfn(),
+               notify: option<comm::chan<task_notification>>) -> task unsafe {
     let closure: *rust_closure = unsafe::reinterpret_cast(ptr::addr_of(f));
     #debug("spawn: closure={%x,%x}", (*closure).fnptr, (*closure).envptr);
     let id = rustrt::new_task();
+
+    // set up notifications if they are enabled.
+    option::may(notify) {|c|
+        let task_ptr <- rust_task_ptr(rustrt::get_task_pointer(id));
+        (**task_ptr).notify_enabled = 1;
+        (**task_ptr).notify_chan = c;
+    }
+
     rustrt::start_task(id, closure);
     unsafe::leak(f);
     ret id;
@@ -129,6 +140,11 @@ A task that sends notification upon termination
 type joinable_task = (task, comm::port<task_notification>);
 
 fn spawn_joinable(-f: sendfn()) -> joinable_task {
+    let notify_port = comm::port();
+    let notify_chan = comm::chan(notify_port);
+    let task = spawn_inner(f, some(notify_chan));
+    ret (task, notify_port);
+    /*
     resource notify_rsrc(data: (comm::chan<task_notification>,
                                 task,
                                 @mutable task_result)) {
@@ -148,6 +164,7 @@ fn spawn_joinable(-f: sendfn()) -> joinable_task {
     };
     let task = spawn(g);
     ret (task, notify_port);
+    */
 }
 
 /*

src/test/bench/task-perf-spawnalot.rs

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ fn f(&&n: uint) {
     }
 }
 
-fn g(&&_i: ()) { }
+fn g() { }
 
 fn main(args: [str]) {
     let n =

src/test/bench/task-perf-word-count.rs

@@ -71,13 +71,12 @@ mod map_reduce {
        [joinable_task] {
         let tasks = [];
         for i: str in inputs {
-            tasks += [task::spawn_joinable((ctrl, i), map_task)];
+            tasks += [task::spawn_joinable {|| map_task(ctrl, i)}];
         }
         ret tasks;
     }
 
-    fn map_task(args: (chan<ctrl_proto>, str)) {
+    fn map_task(ctrl: chan<ctrl_proto>, input: str) {
-        let (ctrl, input) = args;
         // log(error, "map_task " + input);
         let intermediates = map::new_str_hash();
 
@@ -106,8 +105,7 @@ mod map_reduce {
         send(ctrl, mapper_done);
     }
 
-    fn reduce_task(args: (str, chan<chan<reduce_proto>>)) {
+    fn reduce_task(key: str, out: chan<chan<reduce_proto>>) {
-        let (key, out) = args;
         let p = port();
 
         send(out, chan(p));
@@ -168,8 +166,9 @@ mod map_reduce {
                   none. {
                     // log(error, "creating new reducer for " + k);
                     let p = port();
+                    let ch = chan(p);
                     tasks +=
-                        [task::spawn_joinable((k, chan(p)), reduce_task)];
+                        [task::spawn_joinable{||reduce_task(k, ch)}];
                     c = recv(p);
                     reducers.insert(k, c);
                   }