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/*
 * An interface for asynchronous tasks.  *_async() versions of functions
 * return a dmnsn_progress* object which can indicate the progress of the
 * background task, and wait for task completion.  The task's return value
 * is returned as an int from dmnsn_finish_progress().
 */

#ifndef DIMENSION_PROGRESS_H
#define DIMENSION_PROGRESS_H

typedef struct dmnsn_progress dmnsn_progress;

/* Allocate a new progress object */
dmnsn_progress *dmnsn_new_progress(void);
/* For failed returns from *_async() functions */
void dmnsn_delete_progress(dmnsn_progress *progress);

/* Join the worker thread and returns it's integer return value in addition to
   deleting `progress' */
int dmnsn_finish_progress(dmnsn_progress *progress);

/* Get the progress of the background task, out of 1.0 */
double dmnsn_get_progress(const dmnsn_progress *progress);
/* Wait for the progress to be >= prog, in a better way than spinlocking */
void dmnsn_wait_progress(const dmnsn_progress *progress, double prog);

/* Create a new level of loop nesting */
void dmnsn_new_progress_element(dmnsn_progress *progress, unsigned int total);
/* Increment the progress counter; should only be called from innermost loop */
void dmnsn_increment_progress(dmnsn_progress *progress);
/* Instantly complete the progress */
void dmnsn_done_progress(dmnsn_progress *progress);

#endif /* DIMENSION_PROGRESS_H */