μC++
μC++, also called uC++, is a programming language, an extension of C++ designed for concurrent programming. Among other features, it adds coroutines, tasks, and monitors, and extends existing language constructs to integrate with them.[1] Its compiler, named u++, operates as a source-to-source translator targeting C++.
μC++ is part of the μSystem project, at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, a large-scale project led by professor Peter Buhr with the goal to create a "highly-concurrent shared-memory programming system".[2]
It is used in the CS 343 course at the University of Waterloo.[3]
Every μC++ program should include the uC++.h header file before any other header, although this is not necessary for more recent versions. uC++ is now open source, available on GitHub.[4]
Keywords
The following keywords are implemented in uC++ to provide extended functionality on class implementations, exception handling capabilities, and scheduling:
- _Accept - enables external scheduling within monitors. _Accept allows a caller permission to obtain mutual exclusion over a method within the monitor
- _At - raises a non-local exception at the argument
- _CatchResume - catches an exception but follows the rules of resumption of a caller
- _Monitor - an extension of a C++ class that permits a class to also operate as a monitor
- _Cormonitor - an extension of a C++ class that permits use of a class as both a monitor and a coroutine (using suspension and resumption as well as mutual exclusion)
- _Coroutine - an extension of a C++ class that permits coroutine based functionality
- _Enable - enables non-local exception handling within a task
- _Disable - disables non-local exception handling within a task (default)
- _Event
- _Mutex - enables mutual exclusion on a class member
- _Nomutex - disables mutual exclusion on a class member
- _Select - allows blocking on wait for access to a future (Future_ISM<T>, Future_ESM<T>)
- _Resume
- _Task - an extension of a C++ class with its own stack and thread control; mutually exclusive by default
- _Throw - allows non local exception throwing
- _When - an argument condition to an accept statement similar to a condition
References
- ↑ Dony, Christophe; Knudsen, Jorgen Lindskov (4 October 2006). Advanced topics in exception handling techniques. Springer. p. 14. ISBN 3540374450. https://archive.org/details/advancedtopicsex00dony.
- ↑ μSystem Project
- ↑ https://www.student.cs.uwaterloo.ca/~cs343/FAQ.shtml
- ↑ https://github.com/pabuhr/uCPP
External links
- Reviews
- Peter A. Buhr and Richard C. Bilson Examining uC++ // Dr. Dobb's, February 1, 2006
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