Call the value of a mirai, waiting for the the asynchronous operation to resolve if it is still in progress.

call_mirai(aio)

Arguments

aio

a 'mirai' object.

Value

The passed mirai (invisibly). The retrieved value is stored at $data.

Details

This function will wait for the async operation to complete if still in progress (blocking).

A blocking call can be sent a user interrupt with e.g. ctrl+c. If the ongoing execution in the mirai is interruptible, it will resolve into an object of class 'miraiInterrupt' and 'errorValue'. is_mirai_interrupt may be used to handle such cases.

If an error occurs in evaluation, the error message is returned as a character string of class 'miraiError' and 'errorValue'. is_mirai_error may be used to test for this.

is_error_value tests for all error conditions including mirai errors, interrupts, and timeouts.

The mirai updates itself in place, so to access the value of a mirai x directly, use call_mirai(x)$data.

Alternatively

The value of a mirai may be accessed at any time at $data, and if yet to resolve, an 'unresolved' logical NA will be returned instead.

Using unresolved on a mirai returns TRUE only if a mirai has yet to resolve and FALSE otherwise. This is suitable for use in control flow statements such as while or if.

Examples

if (interactive()) {
# Only run examples in interactive R sessions

# using call_mirai()
df1 <- data.frame(a = 1, b = 2)
df2 <- data.frame(a = 3, b = 1)
m <- mirai(as.matrix(rbind(df1, df2)), .args = list(df1, df2), .timeout = 1000)
call_mirai(m)$data

# using unresolved()
m <- mirai({
  res <- rnorm(n)
  res / rev(res)
  },
  n = 1e6)
while (unresolved(m)) {
  cat("unresolved\n")
  Sys.sleep(0.1)
}
str(m$data)

}