(* Title: Pure/General/susp.ML
ID: $Id$
Author: Sebastian Skalberg, TU Muenchen
Delayed evaluation.
*)
signature SUSP =
sig
type 'a susp
val force : 'a susp -> 'a
val delay : (unit -> 'a) -> 'a susp
val value : 'a -> 'a susp
end
structure Susp :> SUSP =
struct
datatype 'a suspVal
= Value of 'a
| Delay of unit -> 'a
type 'a susp = 'a suspVal ref
fun force (ref (Value v)) = v
| force (r as ref (Delay f)) =
let
val v = f ()
in
r := Value v;
v
end
fun delay f = ref (Delay f)
fun value v = ref (Value v)
end