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+(*  Title:      Pure/Concurrent/par_exn.ML
+    Author:     Makarius
+
+Parallel exceptions as flattened results from acyclic graph of
+evaluations.  Interrupt counts as neutral element.
+*)
+
+signature PAR_EXN =
+sig
+  val serial: exn -> serial * exn
+  val make: exn list -> exn
+  val dest: exn -> exn list option
+  val release_all: 'a Exn.result list -> 'a list
+  val release_first: 'a Exn.result list -> 'a list
+end;
+
+structure Par_Exn =
+struct
+
+(* identification via serial numbers *)
+
+fun serial exn =
+  (case get_exn_serial exn of
+    SOME i => (i, exn)
+  | NONE => let val i = Library.serial () in (i, set_exn_serial i exn) end);
+
+val exn_ord = rev_order o int_ord o pairself (the o get_exn_serial);
+
+
+(* parallel exceptions *)
+
+exception Par_Exn of exn Ord_List.T;
+
+fun par_exns (Par_Exn exns) = SOME exns
+  | par_exns exn = if Exn.is_interrupt exn then NONE else SOME [#2 (serial exn)];
+
+fun make exns =
+  (case map_filter par_exns exns of
+    [] => Exn.Interrupt
+  | e :: es => Par_Exn (Library.foldl (Ord_List.merge exn_ord) (e, es)));
+
+fun dest (Par_Exn exns) = SOME (rev exns)
+  | dest _ = NONE;
+
+
+(* parallel results *)
+
+fun all_res results = forall (fn Exn.Res _ => true | _ => false) results;
+
+fun release_all results =
+  if all_res results then map Exn.release results
+  else raise make (map_filter Exn.get_exn results);
+
+fun release_first results =
+  if all_res results then map Exn.release results
+  else
+    (case get_first
+        (fn res => if Exn.is_interrupt_exn res then NONE else Exn.get_exn res) results of
+      NONE => Exn.interrupt ()
+    | SOME exn => reraise exn);
+
+end;
+