[nongnu] elpa/geiser f5e7004bf2 3/3: New helper, geiser-eval-wait, to facilitate synchronous evaluations

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branch: elpa/geiser
commit f5e7004bf2f5af381dbf3387108cde210a190733
Author: jao <jao@gnu.org>
Commit: jao <jao@gnu.org>

    New helper, geiser-eval-wait, to facilitate synchronous evaluations
    
    This should address, for instance, issue #30
---
 elisp/geiser-connection.el | 24 +++++++++++++++---------
 elisp/geiser-mode.el       | 13 ++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/elisp/geiser-connection.el b/elisp/geiser-connection.el
index 745aa14d96..87f5f7f498 100644
--- a/elisp/geiser-connection.el
+++ b/elisp/geiser-connection.el
@@ -260,19 +260,25 @@
     (when (process-live-p proc)
       (interrupt-process proc))))
 
+(defun geiser-con--wait (req timeout)
+  "Wait for the given request REQ to finish, up to TIMEOUT secs, returning its 
result."
+  (let* ((con (geiser-con--request-connection req))
+         (id (geiser-con--request-id req))
+         (timeout (/ (or timeout geiser-connection-timeout) 1000.0))
+         (step (/ timeout 10)))
+    (with-timeout (timeout (geiser-con--request-deactivate req))
+      (condition-case nil
+          (while (and (geiser-con--connection-process con)
+                      (not (geiser-con--connection-completed-p con id)))
+            (accept-process-output proc step))
+        (error (geiser-con--request-deactivate req))))))
+
 (defun geiser-con--send-string/wait (con str cont &optional timeout sbuf)
   (save-current-buffer
     (let ((proc (and con (geiser-con--connection-process con))))
       (unless proc (error "Geiser connection not active"))
-      (let* ((req (geiser-con--send-string con str cont sbuf))
-             (id (geiser-con--request-id req))
-             (timeout (/ (or timeout geiser-connection-timeout) 1000.0)))
-        (with-timeout (timeout (geiser-con--request-deactivate req))
-          (condition-case nil
-              (while (and (geiser-con--connection-process con)
-                          (not (geiser-con--connection-completed-p con id)))
-                (accept-process-output proc (/ timeout 10)))
-            (error (geiser-con--request-deactivate req))))))))
+      (let ((req (geiser-con--send-string con str cont sbuf)))
+        (geiser-con--wait req timeout)))))
 
 
 (provide 'geiser-connection)
diff --git a/elisp/geiser-mode.el b/elisp/geiser-mode.el
index 1e5df0bb61..06e6655973 100644
--- a/elisp/geiser-mode.el
+++ b/elisp/geiser-mode.el
@@ -95,11 +95,22 @@ result is an error msg."
   (push-mark)
   (goto-char (point-max)))
 
+(defun geiser-eval-wait (req timeout)
+  "Use REQ, the result of computing an evaluation, to wait for its result.
+
+TIMEOUT is the number of seconds to wait for evaluation
+completion.  Functions returning a waitable REQ are
+`geiser-eval-region' and its derivatives evaluating buffers or
+individual sexps."
+  (geiser-con--wait req timeout))
+
 (defun geiser-eval-region (start end &optional and-go raw nomsg)
   "Eval the current region in the Geiser REPL.
 
 With prefix, goes to the REPL buffer afterwards (as
-`geiser-eval-region-and-go')"
+`geiser-eval-region-and-go').  The evaluation is performed
+asynchronously: this function's return value can be used to wait
+for its completion using `geiser-eval-wait'."
   (interactive "rP")
   (save-restriction
     (narrow-to-region start end)