| Index: sdk/lib/isolate/isolate.dart
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| diff --git a/sdk/lib/isolate/isolate.dart b/sdk/lib/isolate/isolate.dart
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| index 6440bc4201f39779a6b036a2fbe0d4a7f665a6e7..92c35dcdd81f194a6d88ae9ed1c1b501f92f8fb2 100644
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| --- a/sdk/lib/isolate/isolate.dart
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| +++ b/sdk/lib/isolate/isolate.dart
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| @@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
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| library dart.isolate;
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| import "dart:async";
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| -import "dart:collection" show HashMap;
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| /**
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| * Thrown when an isolate cannot be created.
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| @@ -39,8 +38,11 @@ class Isolate {
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| * isolate.
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| *
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| * The argument [entryPoint] specifies the entry point of the spawned
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| - * isolate. It must be a static top-level function or a static method that
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| - * takes no arguments. It is not allowed to pass a function closure.
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| + * isolate. It must be a top-level function or a static method that
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| + * takes one argument - that is, those that can be compile-time constant
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| + * function values.
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| + * It is not allowed to pass the value of function expressions or an instance
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| + * method extracted from an object.
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| *
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| * The entry-point function is invoked with the initial [message].
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| * Usually the initial [message] contains a [SendPort] so
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| @@ -58,14 +60,14 @@ class Isolate {
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| * The isolate starts executing the top-level `main` function of the library
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| * with the given URI.
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| *
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| - * The target `main` may have one of the four following signatures:
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| + * The target `main` may have one of three signatures:
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| *
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| * * `main()`
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| * * `main(args)`
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| * * `main(args, message)`
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| *
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| - * When present, the argument `message` is set to the initial [message].
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| - * When present, the argument `args` is set to the provided [args] list.
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| + * When present, the parameter `args` is set to the provided [args] list.
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| + * When present, the parameter `message` is set to the initial [message].
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| *
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| * Returns a future that will complete with an [Isolate] instance. The
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| * isolate instance can be used to control the spawned isolate.
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| @@ -78,7 +80,7 @@ class Isolate {
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| * Sends messages to its [ReceivePort]s.
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| *
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| * [SendPort]s are created from [ReceivePort]s. Any message sent through
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| - * a [SendPort] is delivered to its respective [ReceivePort]. There might be
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| + * a [SendPort] is delivered to its corresponding [ReceivePort]. There might be
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| * many [SendPort]s for the same [ReceivePort].
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| *
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| * [SendPort]s can be transmitted to other isolates.
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| @@ -86,15 +88,15 @@ class Isolate {
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| abstract class SendPort {
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| /**
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| - * Sends an asynchronous [message] to this send port. The message is copied to
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| - * the receiving isolate.
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| + * Sends an asynchronous [message] through this send port, to its
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| + * corresponding `ReceivePort`.
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| *
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| * The content of [message] can be: primitive values (null, num, bool, double,
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| * String), instances of [SendPort], and lists and maps whose elements are any
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| * of these. List and maps are also allowed to be cyclic.
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| *
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| * In the special circumstances when two isolates share the same code and are
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| - * running in the same process (e.g. isolates created via [spawnFunction]), it
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| + * running in the same process (e.g. isolates created via [Isolate.spawn]), it
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| * is also possible to send object instances (which would be copied in the
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| * process). This is currently only supported by the dartvm. For now, the
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| * dart2js compiler only supports the restricted messages described above.
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| @@ -117,10 +119,10 @@ abstract class SendPort {
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| /**
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| * Together with [SendPort], the only means of communication between isolates.
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| *
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| - * [ReceivePort]s have a `sendport` getter which returns a [SendPort].
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| + * [ReceivePort]s have a `sendPort` getter which returns a [SendPort].
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| * Any message that is sent through this [SendPort]
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| * is delivered to the [ReceivePort] it has been created from. There, the
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| - * message is dispatched to its listener.
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| + * message is dispatched to the `ReceivePort`'s listener.
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| *
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| * A [ReceivePort] is a non-broadcast stream. This means that it buffers
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| * incoming messages until a listener is registered. Only one listener can
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| @@ -154,8 +156,11 @@ abstract class ReceivePort implements Stream {
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| /**
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| * Inherited from [Stream].
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| *
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| - * Note that all named arguments are ignored since a ReceivePort will never
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| - * receive an error, or done message.
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| + * Note that [onError] and [cancelOnError] are ignored since a ReceivePort
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| + * will never receive an error.
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| + *
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| + * The [onDone] handler will be called when the stream closes.
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| + * The stream closes when [close] is called.
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| */
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| StreamSubscription listen(void onData(var message),
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| { Function onError,
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