ocaml/stdlib/lazy.ml

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(*                           Objective Caml                            *)
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(*            Damien Doligez, projet Para, INRIA Rocquencourt          *)
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(*  Copyright 1997 Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et   *)
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(* $Id$ *)

(* Module [Lazy]: deferred computations *)

type 'a status =
  | Delayed of (unit -> 'a)
  | Value of 'a
  | Exception of exn
;;

type 'a t = 'a status ref;;

exception Undefined;;

let force l =
  match !l with
  | Value v -> v
  | Exception e -> raise e
  | Delayed f ->
      l := Exception Undefined;
      try let v = f () in l := Value v; v
      with e -> l := Exception e; raise e
;;