# std/sharedtables

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Deprecated

Shared table support for Nim. Use plain old non GC'ed keys and values or you'll be in trouble. Uses a single lock to protect the table, lockfree implementations welcome but if lock contention is so high that you need a lockfree hash table, you're doing it wrong.

Unstable API.

# Imports

hashes, math, locks, outparams

# Types

    SharedTable[A; B] = object

  generic hash SharedTable Source Edit

# Consts

    defaultInitialSize = 32

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# Procs

    proc `[]=`[A, B](t: var SharedTable[A, B]; key: A; val: B)

  Puts a (key, value)-pair into `t`. Source Edit

    proc add[A, B](t: var SharedTable[A, B]; key: A; val: B)

  Puts a new (key, value)-pair into `t` even if `t[key]` already exists. This can introduce duplicate keys into the table! Source Edit

    proc deinitSharedTable[A, B](t: var SharedTable[A, B])

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    proc del[A, B](t: var SharedTable[A, B]; key: A)

  Deletes `key` from hash table `t`. Source Edit

    proc hasKeyOrPut[A, B](t: var SharedTable[A, B]; key: A; val: B): bool

  Returns true if `key` is in the table, otherwise inserts `value`. Source Edit

    proc init[A, B](t: var SharedTable[A, B]; initialSize = 32)

  Creates a new hash table that is empty.

  This proc must be called before any other usage of `t`.

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    proc len[A, B](t: var SharedTable[A, B]): int

  Number of elements in `t`. Source Edit

    proc mget[A, B](t: var SharedTable[A, B]; key: A): var B

  Retrieves the value at `t[key]`. The value can be modified. If `key` is not in `t`, the `KeyError` exception is raised. Source Edit

    proc mgetOrPut[A, B](t: var SharedTable[A, B]; key: A; val: B): var B

  Retrieves value at `t[key]` or puts `val` if not present, either way returning a value which can be modified. Note: This is inherently unsafe in the context of multi-threading since it returns a pointer to `B`. Source Edit

    proc withKey[A, B](t: var SharedTable[A, B]; key: A;
                       mapper: proc (key: A; val: var B; pairExists: var bool))

  Computes a new mapping for the `key` with the specified `mapper` procedure.

  The `mapper` takes 3 arguments:

  1. `key` - the current key, if it exists, or the key passed to `withKey` otherwise;
  2. `val` - the current value, if the key exists, or default value of the type otherwise;
  3. `pairExists` - `true` if the key exists, `false` otherwise.

  The `mapper` can can modify `val` and `pairExists` values to change the mapping of the key or delete it from the table. When adding a value, make sure to set `pairExists` to `true` along with modifying the `val`.

  The operation is performed atomically and other operations on the table will be blocked while the `mapper` is invoked, so it should be short and simple.

  Example usage:

      # If value exists, decrement it.
      # If it becomes zero or less, delete the key
      t.withKey(1'i64) do (k: int64, v: var int, pairExists: var bool):
        if pairExists:
          dec v
          if v <= 0:
            pairExists = false

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# Templates

    template withValue[A, B](t: var SharedTable[A, B]; key: A;
                             value, body1, body2: untyped)

  Retrieves the value at `t[key]`. `value` can be modified in the scope of the `withValue` call.

  Example:

      var table: SharedTable[string, string]
      init(table)

      table["a"] = "x"
      table["b"] = "y"
      table["c"] = "z"

      table.withValue("a", value):
        value[] = "m"

      var flag = false
      table.withValue("d", value):
        discard value
        doAssert false
      do: # if "d" notin table
        flag = true

      if flag:
        table["d"] = "n"

      assert table.mget("a") == "m"
      assert table.mget("d") == "n"

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    template withValue[A, B](t: var SharedTable[A, B]; key: A; value, body: untyped)

  Retrieves the value at `t[key]`. `value` can be modified in the scope of the `withValue` call.

  Example:

      var table: SharedTable[string, string]
      init(table)

      table["a"] = "x"
      table["b"] = "y"
      table["c"] = "z"

      table.withValue("a", value):
        assert value[] == "x"

      table.withValue("b", value):
        value[] = "modified"

      table.withValue("b", value):
        assert value[] == "modified"

      table.withValue("nonexistent", value):
        assert false # not called

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