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/*
 * This source code is released into the public domain.
 */

module;

#include <expected>
#include <optional>
#include <system_error>
#include <utility>

#include <sys/types.h>

export module nihil.posix:process;

import nihil.error;

namespace nihil {

/*
 * wait_result: the exit status of a process.
 */
export struct wait_result final {
	// Return true if the process exited normally with an exit code of
	// zero, otherwise false.
	[[nodiscard]] auto okay(this wait_result const &self) -> bool;
	[[nodiscard]] explicit operator bool(this wait_result const &self);

	// Return the exit status, if any.
	[[nodiscard]] auto status(this wait_result const &self)
		-> std::optional<int>;

	// Return the exit signal, if any.
	[[nodiscard]] auto signal(this wait_result const &self)
		-> std::optional<int>;

private:
	friend struct process;

	int _status;

	// Construct a new wait_result from the output of waitpid().
	wait_result(int status);
};

/*
 * process: represents a process we created, which can be waited for.
 */
export struct process final {
	process() = delete;

	/*
	 * Create a new process from a pid, which must be a child of the
	 * current process.
	 */
	process(::pid_t pid);

	// When destroyed, we automatically wait for the process to
	// avoid creating zombie processes.
	~process();

	// Movable.
	process(process &&) noexcept;
	auto operator=(this process &, process &&) noexcept -> process &;

	// Not copyable.
	process(process const &) = delete;
	auto operator=(this process &, process const &) -> process & = delete;

	// Get the child's process id.
	[[nodiscard]] auto pid(this process const &self) noexcept -> ::pid_t;

	/*
	 * Wait for this process to exit (by calling waitpid()) and return
	 * its exit status.  This destroys the process state, leaving this
	 * object in a moved-from state.
	 */
	[[nodiscard]] auto wait(this process &&self)
		-> std::expected<wait_result, error>;

	/*
	 * Release this process so we won't try to wait for it when
	 * destroying this object.
	 */
	[[nodiscard]] auto release(this process &&self) -> ::pid_t;

private:
	::pid_t m_pid;
};

} // namespace nihil