Update async.zsh (#218)

async.zsh

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #
 # zsh-async
 #
-# version: 1.1.0
+# version: 1.2.0
 # author: Mathias Fredriksson
 # url: https://github.com/mafredri/zsh-async
 #
@@ -43,13 +43,13 @@ _async_job() {
 	# have run into a bug
 	ret=${ret:--1}
 
-	# Grab mutex lock
+	# Grab mutex lock, stalls until token is available
 	read -ep >/dev/null
 
 	# return output (<job_name> <return_code> <stdout> <duration> <stderr>)
 	print -r -N -n -- "$1" "$ret" "$stdout" "$duration" "$stderr"$'\0'
 
-	# Unlock mutex
+	# Unlock mutex by inserting a token
 	print -p "t"
 }
 
@@ -57,22 +57,40 @@ _async_job() {
 _async_worker() {
 	local -A storage
 	local unique=0
+	local notify_parent=0
+	local parent_pid=0
+	local coproc_pid=0
+
+	child_exit() {
+		# If coproc (cat) is the only child running, we close it to avoid
+		# leaving it running indefinitely and cluttering the process tree.
+		if [[ ${#jobstates} = 1 ]] && [[ $coproc_pid = ${${(v)jobstates##*:*:}%\=*} ]]; then
+			coproc :
+		fi
+
+		# On older version of zsh (pre 5.2) we notify the parent through a
+		# SIGWINCH signal because `zpty` did not return a file descriptor (fd)
+		# prior to that.
+		if (( notify_parent )); then
+			# We use SIGWINCH for compatibility with older versions of zsh
+			# (pre 5.1.1) where other signals (INFO, ALRM, USR1, etc.) could
+			# cause a deadlock in the shell under certain circumstances.
+			kill -WINCH $parent_pid
+		fi
+	}
+
+	# Register a SIGCHLD trap to handle the completion of child processes.
+	trap child_exit CHLD
 
 	# Process option parameters passed to worker
 	while getopts "np:u" opt; do
 		case $opt in
-			# Use SIGWINCH since many others seem to cause zsh to freeze, e.g. ALRM, INFO, etc.
+			n) notify_parent=1;;
-			n) trap 'kill -WINCH $ASYNC_WORKER_PARENT_PID' CHLD;;
+			p) parent_pid=$OPTARG;;
-			p) ASYNC_WORKER_PARENT_PID=$OPTARG;;
 			u) unique=1;;
 		esac
 	done
 
-	# Create a mutex for writing to the terminal through coproc
-	coproc cat
-	# Insert token into coproc
-	print -p "t"
-
 	while read -r cmd; do
 		# Separate on spaces into an array
 		cmd=(${=cmd})
@@ -81,7 +99,7 @@ _async_worker() {
 		# Check for non-job commands sent to worker
 		case $job in
 			_unset_trap)
-				trap - CHLD; continue;;
+				notify_parent=0; continue;;
 			_killjobs)
 				# Do nothing in the worker when receiving the TERM signal
 				trap '' TERM
@@ -103,6 +121,16 @@ _async_worker() {
 			done
 		fi
 
+		# Because we close the coproc after the last job has completed, we must
+		# recreate it when there are no other jobs running.
+		if (( !${#jobstates} )); then
+			# Use coproc as a mutex for synchronized output between children.
+			coproc cat
+			coproc_pid=$!
+			# Insert token into coproc
+			print -p "t"
+		fi
+
 		# Run task in background
 		_async_job $cmd &
 		# Store pid because zsh job manager is extremely unflexible (show jobname as non-unique '$job')...
@@ -130,8 +158,9 @@ async_process_results() {
 	integer count=0
 	local worker=$1
 	local callback=$2
+	local caller=$3
 	local -a items
-	local IFS=$'\0'
+	local line
 
 	typeset -gA ASYNC_PROCESS_BUFFER
 	# Read output from zpty and parse it if available
@@ -139,8 +168,13 @@ async_process_results() {
 		# Remove unwanted \r from output
 		ASYNC_PROCESS_BUFFER[$worker]+=${line//$'\r'$'\n'/$'\n'}
 		# Split buffer on null characters, preserve empty elements
+		# (an anonymous function is used to avoid leaking modified IFS into the callback)
+		() {
+			local IFS=$'\0'
 			items=("${(@)=ASYNC_PROCESS_BUFFER[$worker]}")
-		# Remove last element since it's due to the return string separator structure
+		}
+		# Remove last element since it's an artifact
+		# of the return string separator structure
 		items=("${(@)items[1,${#items}-1]}")
 
 		# Continue until we receive all information
@@ -160,6 +194,9 @@ async_process_results() {
 	# If we processed any results, return success
 	(( count )) && return 0
 
+	# Avoid printing exit value from setopt printexitvalue
+	[[ $caller = trap || $caller = watcher ]] && return 0
+
 	# No results were processed
 	return 1
 }
@@ -172,7 +209,7 @@ _async_zle_watcher() {
 	local callback=$ASYNC_CALLBACKS[$worker]
 
 	if [[ -n $callback ]]; then
-		async_process_results $worker $callback
+		async_process_results $worker $callback watcher
 	fi
 }
 
@@ -194,7 +231,7 @@ _async_notify_trap() {
 	setopt localoptions noshwordsplit
 
 	for k in ${(k)ASYNC_CALLBACKS}; do
-		async_process_results $k ${ASYNC_CALLBACKS[$k]}
+		async_process_results $k ${ASYNC_CALLBACKS[$k]} trap
 	done
 }