Implement async* functions in VM

runtime/lib/core_patch.dart

 // Copyright (c) 2013, the Dart project authors.  Please see the AUTHORS file
 // for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
 // BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
 import "dart:math";
 import "dart:typed_data";
 
 // Equivalent of calling FATAL from C++ code.
 _fatal(msg) native "DartCore_fatal";
 
 
 // We need to pass the exception and stack trace objects as second and third
 // parameter to the continuation.  See vm/ast_transformer.cc for usage.
 void  _asyncCatchHelper(catchFunction, continuation) {
   catchFunction((e, s) => continuation(null, e, s));
 }
 
 // The members of this class are cloned and added to each class that
 // represents an enum type.
 class _EnumHelper {
   // Declare the list of enum value names private. When this field is
   // cloned into a user-defined enum class, the field will be inaccessible
   // because of the library-specific name suffix. The toString() function
   // below can access it because it uses the same name suffix.
   static const List<String> _enum_names = null;
   String toString() => _enum_names[index];
 }
 
-typedef bool SyncGeneratorCallback(Iterator iterator);
+
+// _AsyncStarStreamController is used by the compiler to implement
+// async* generator functions.
+class _AsyncStarStreamController {
+  StreamController controller;
+  Function asyncStarBody;
+  bool isAdding = false;
+  bool onListenReceived = false;
+  bool isScheduled = false;
+
+  Stream get stream => controller.stream;
+
+  void runBody() {
+    isScheduled = false;
+    asyncStarBody();
+  }
+
+  void scheduleGenerator() {

[Ivan Posva, 2015/03/03 01:05:52]

Why does this method have to be public? Same question for all of the other
methods and fields in this class.

+    if (isScheduled || controller.isPaused || isAdding) {
+      return;
+    }
+    isScheduled = true;
+    scheduleMicrotask(runBody);
+  }
+
+  // Adds element to steam, returns true if the caller should terminate
+  // execution of the generator.
+  //
+  // TODO(hausner): Per spec, the generator should be suspended before
+  // exiting when the stream is closed. We could add a getter like this:
+  // get isCancelled => controller.hasListener;
+  // The generator would translate a 'yield e' statement to
+  // controller.add(e);
+  // suspend;
+  // if (controller.isCanelled) return;

[Ivan Posva, 2015/03/03 01:05:52]

isCanceled

+  bool add(event) {
+    if (!onListenReceived) _fatal("yield before stream is listened to!");
+    // If stream is cancelled, tell caller to exit the async generator.
+    if (!controller.hasListener) {
+      return true;
+    }
+    controller.add(event);
+    scheduleGenerator();
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  // Adds the elements of stream into this controller's stream.
+  // The generator will be scheduled again when all of the
+  // elements of the added stream have been consumed.
+  // Returns true if the caller should terminate
+  // execution of the generator.
+  bool addStream(Stream stream) {
+    if (!onListenReceived) _fatal("yield before stream is listened to!");
+    // If stream is cancelled, tell caller to exit the async generator.
+    if (!controller.hasListener) return true;
+    isAdding = true;
+    var whenDoneAdding =
+        controller.addStream(stream as Stream, cancelOnError: false);
+    whenDoneAdding.then((_) {
+      isAdding = false;
+      scheduleGenerator();
+    });
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  void addError(error, stackTrace) {
+    // If stream is cancelled, tell caller to exit the async generator.
+    if (!controller.hasListener) return;
+    controller.addError(error, stackTrace);
+    // No need to schedule the generator body here. This code is only
+    // called from the catch clause of the implicit try-catch-finally
+    // around the generator body. That is, we are on the error path out
+    // of the generator and do not need to run the generator again.
+  }
+
+  close() {
+    controller.close();
+  }
+
+  _AsyncStarStreamController(this.asyncStarBody) {
+    controller = new StreamController(onListen: this.onListen,
+                                      onResume: this.onResume,
+                                      onCancel: this.onCancel);
+  }
+
+  onListen() {
+    assert(!onListenReceived);
+    onListenReceived = true;
+    scheduleGenerator();
+  }
+
+  onResume() {
+    scheduleGenerator();
+  }
+
+  onCancel() {
+    scheduleGenerator();
+  }
+}
+
 
 // _SyncIterable and _syncIterator are used by the compiler to
 // implement sync* generator functions. A sync* generator allocates
 // and returns a new _SyncIterable object.
+
+typedef bool SyncGeneratorCallback(Iterator iterator);
+
 class _SyncIterable extends IterableBase {
   // moveNextFn is the closurized body of the generator function.
   final SyncGeneratorCallback moveNextFn;
 
   const _SyncIterable(this.moveNextFn);
 
   get iterator {
     return new _SyncIterator(moveNextFn._clone());
   }
 }
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       if (isYieldEach) {
         // Spec mandates: it is a dynamic error if the class of [the object
         // returned by yield*] does not implement Iterable.
         yieldEachIterator = (current as Iterable).iterator;
         continue;
       }
       return true;    
     }
   }
 }