inst/testme/test-early-signaling.R

#' @tags early-signal
#' @tags sequential multisession multicore
#' @tags skip_on_cran
#' @tags deprecated
## plan(..., earlySignal = TRUE) is deprecated as of future (> 1.68.0)

## Skip test if option 'future.plan.earlySignal' is "defunct"
if (!identical(getOption("future.plan.earlySignal"), "defunct")) {
  library(future)
  
  options(future.debug = FALSE)
  
  message("*** Early signaling of conditions ...")
  
  message("*** Early signaling of conditions with sequential futures ...")
  
  plan(sequential)
  f <- future({ stop("bang!") })
  r <- resolved(f)
  stopifnot(r)
  v <- tryCatch(value(f), error = identity)
  stopifnot(inherits(v, "error"))
  
  message("- with lazy evaluation ...")
  f <- future({ stop("bang!") }, lazy = TRUE)
  r <- resolved(f)
  print(r)
  v <- tryCatch(value(f), error = identity)
  stopifnot(inherits(v, "error"))
  
  ## plan(..., earlySignal = TRUE) is deprecated as of future (> 1.68.0)
  plan(sequential, earlySignal = TRUE)
  f <- tryCatch(future({ stop("bang!") }), error = identity)
  stopifnot(inherits(f, "error"))
  
  message("- with lazy evaluation ...")
  
  ## Errors
  f <- future({ stop("bang!") }, lazy = TRUE)
  r <- tryCatch(resolved(f), error = identity)
  print(r)
  v <- tryCatch(value(f), error = identity)
  stopifnot(inherits(v, "error"))
  
  ## Warnings
  f <- future({ warning("careful!") }, lazy = TRUE)
  res <- tryCatch({
    r <- resolved(f)
  }, condition = function(w) w)
  str(res)
  stopifnot(inherits(res, "warning"))
  
  ## Messages
  f <- future({ message("hey!") }, lazy = TRUE)
  res <- tryCatch({
    r <- resolved(f)
  }, condition = function(w) w)
  stopifnot(inherits(res, "message"))
  
  ## Condition
  f <- future({ signalCondition(simpleCondition("hmm")) }, lazy = TRUE)
  res <- tryCatch({
    r <- resolved(f)
  }, condition = function(w) w)
  stopifnot(inherits(res, "condition"))
  
  message("*** Early signaling of conditions with sequential futures ... DONE")
  
  
  message("Number of available cores: ", availableCores())
  
  message("*** Early signaling of conditions with multisession futures ...")
  
  plan(multisession)
  f <- future({ stop("bang!") })
  Sys.sleep(0.2)
  r <- resolved(f)
  print(r)
  v <- tryCatch(value(f), error = identity)
  stopifnot(inherits(v, "error"))
  
  if (availableCores() > 1L) {
    ## plan(..., earlySignal = TRUE) is deprecated as of future (> 1.68.0)
    plan(multisession, earlySignal = TRUE)
    f <- future({ stop("bang!") })
    Sys.sleep(0.2)
    print(f)
    r <- tryCatch(resolved(f), error = identity)
    print(r)
    v <- tryCatch(value(f), error = identity)
    stopifnot(inherits(v, "error"))
  } else {
    message("- Skipping earlySignal = TRUE with 'multisession' because availableCores() == 1")
  }
  
  
  message("*** Early signaling of conditions with multisession futures ... DONE")
  
  
  if (supportsMulticore()) {
    message("*** Early signaling of conditions with multicore futures ...")
    
    plan(multicore)
    f <- future({ stop("bang!") })
    Sys.sleep(0.2)
    r <- resolved(f)
    print(r)
    v <- tryCatch(value(f), error = identity)
    stopifnot(inherits(v, "error"))
    
    if (availableCores() > 1L) {
      ## plan(..., earlySignal = TRUE) is deprecated as of future (> 1.68.0)
      plan(multicore, earlySignal = TRUE)
      f <- future({ stop("bang!") })
      Sys.sleep(0.2)
      print(f)
      r <- tryCatch(resolved(f), error = identity)
      print(r)
      v <- tryCatch(value(f), error = identity)
      stopifnot(inherits(v, "error"))
    } else {
      message("- Skipping earlySignal = TRUE with 'multicore' because availableCores() == 1")
    }
    
    message("*** Early signaling of conditions with multicore futures ... DONE")
  }
  
  message("*** Early signaling of conditions ... DONE")
}

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