futureOf: Get the future of a future variable

In future: Unified Parallel and Distributed Processing in R for Everyone

Get the future of a future variable

Description

Get the future of a future variable that has been created directly or indirectly via future().

Usage

futureOf(
  var = NULL,
  envir = parent.frame(),
  mustExist = TRUE,
  default = NA,
  drop = FALSE
)

Arguments

var	the variable. If NULL, all futures in the environment are returned.
envir	the environment where to search from.
mustExist	If TRUE and the variable does not exists, then an informative error is thrown, otherwise NA is returned.
default	the default value if future was not found.
drop	if TRUE and var is NULL, then returned list only contains futures, otherwise also default values.

Value

A Future (or default). If var is NULL, then a named list of Future:s are returned.

Examples

a %<-% { 1 }

f <- futureOf(a)
print(f)

b %<-% { 2 }

f <- futureOf(b)
print(f)

## All futures
fs <- futureOf()
print(fs)


## Futures part of environment
env <- new.env()
env$c %<-% { 3 }

f <- futureOf(env$c)
print(f)

f2 <- futureOf(c, envir = env)
print(f2)

f3 <- futureOf("c", envir = env)
print(f3)

fs <- futureOf(envir = env)
print(fs)

future documentation built on July 9, 2023, 6:31 p.m.