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diff --git a/sources/scala/concurrent/pilib.scala b/sources/scala/concurrent/pilib.scala index 0bcd19ad45..0562d9646f 100644 --- a/sources/scala/concurrent/pilib.scala +++ b/sources/scala/concurrent/pilib.scala @@ -1,7 +1,19 @@ package scala.concurrent; /** -* Library for using Pi-calculus concurrent primitives in Scala. +* Library for using Pi-calculus concurrent primitives in Scala. As an example, +the definition of a two-place buffer using the <b>pilib</b> library looks like: +*<pre> +*def Buffer[a](put: Chan[a], get: Chan[a]): unit = { +* def B0: unit = choice ( put * { x => B1(x) } ); +* def B1(x: a): unit = choice ( get(x) * B0, put * { y => B2(x, y) } ); +* def B2(x: a, y: a): unit = choice ( get(x) * B1(y) ); +* B0 +*} +*</pre> +* +* @see <a href="http://scala.epfl.ch/docu/related.html">PiLib: A Hosted Language for Pi-Calculus Style Concurrency</a> +* @author Vincent Cremet, Martin Odersky */ object pilib { |