-- This is an implementation of a job sheduling mechanism. It guarantees that -- coexisting jobs will execute primarily in order of least expiry, and -- secondarily in order of first registration. -- These functions implement an intrusive singly linked list of one or more -- elements where the first element has a pointer to the last. The next pointer -- is stored with key list_next. The pointer to the last is with key list_end. local function list_init(first) first.list_end = first end local function list_append(first, append) first.list_end.list_next = append first.list_end = append end local function list_append_list(first, first_append) first.list_end.list_next = first_append first.list_end = first_append.list_end end -- The jobs are stored in a map from expiration times to linked lists of jobs -- as above. The expiration times are also stored in an array representing a -- binary min heap, which is a particular arrangement of binary tree. A parent -- at index i has children at indices i*2 and i*2+1. Out-of-bounds indices -- represent nonexistent children. A parent is never greater than its children. -- This structure means that, if there is at least one job, the next expiration -- time is the first item in the array. -- Push element on a binary min-heap, -- "bubbling up" the element by swapping with larger parents. local function heap_push(heap, element) local index = #heap + 1 while index > 1 do local parent_index = math.floor(index / 2) local parent = heap[parent_index] if element < parent then heap[index] = parent index = parent_index else break end end heap[index] = element end -- Pop smallest element from the heap, -- "sinking down" the last leaf on the last layer of the heap -- by swapping with the smaller child. local function heap_pop(heap) local removed_element = heap[1] local length = #heap local element = heap[length] heap[length] = nil length = length - 1 if length > 0 then local index = 1 while true do local old_index = index local smaller_element = element local left_index = index * 2 local right_index = index * 2 + 1 if left_index <= length then local left_element = heap[left_index] if left_element < smaller_element then index = left_index smaller_element = left_element end end if right_index <= length then if heap[right_index] < smaller_element then index = right_index end end if old_index ~= index then heap[old_index] = heap[index] else break end end heap[index] = element end return removed_element end local job_map = {} local expiries = {} -- Adds an individual job with the given expiry. -- The worst-case complexity is O(log n), where n is the number of distinct -- expiration times. local function add_job(expiry, job) local list = job_map[expiry] if list then list_append(list, job) else list_init(job) job_map[expiry] = job heap_push(expiries, expiry) end end -- Removes the next expiring jobs and returns the linked list of them. -- The worst-case complexity is O(log n), where n is the number of distinct -- expiration times. local function remove_first_jobs() local removed_expiry = heap_pop(expiries) local removed = job_map[removed_expiry] job_map[removed_expiry] = nil return removed end local time = 0.0 local time_next = math.huge core.register_globalstep(function(dtime) time = time + dtime if time < time_next then return end -- Remove the expired jobs. local expired = remove_first_jobs() -- Remove other expired jobs and append them to the list. while true do time_next = expiries[1] or math.huge if time_next > time then break end list_append_list(expired, remove_first_jobs()) end -- Run the callbacks afterward to prevent infinite loops with core.after(0, ...). local last_expired = expired.list_end while true do core.set_last_run_mod(expired.mod_origin) expired.func(unpack(expired.args, 1, expired.args.n)) if expired == last_expired then break end expired = expired.list_next end end) local job_metatable = {__index = {}} local function dummy_func() end function job_metatable.__index:cancel() self.func = dummy_func self.args = {n = 0} end function core.after(after, func, ...) assert(tonumber(after) and not core.is_nan(after) and type(func) == "function", "Invalid minetest.after invocation") local new_job = { mod_origin = core.get_last_run_mod(), func = func, args = { n = select("#", ...), ... }, } local expiry = time + after add_job(expiry, new_job) time_next = math.min(time_next, expiry) return setmetatable(new_job, job_metatable) end