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diff --git a/indra/llcommon/llevents.h b/indra/llcommon/llevents.h
index 2f6515a4cb..20061f09c6 100644
--- a/indra/llcommon/llevents.h
+++ b/indra/llcommon/llevents.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
#include <map>
#include <set>
#include <vector>
-#include <list>
#include <deque>
#include <stdexcept>
#include <boost/signals2.hpp>
@@ -28,13 +27,9 @@
#include <boost/enable_shared_from_this.hpp>
#include <boost/utility.hpp> // noncopyable
#include <boost/optional/optional.hpp>
-#include <boost/ptr_container/ptr_vector.hpp>
#include <boost/visit_each.hpp>
#include <boost/ref.hpp> // reference_wrapper
#include <boost/type_traits/is_pointer.hpp>
-#include <boost/utility/addressof.hpp>
-#include <boost/preprocessor/repetition/enum_params.hpp>
-#include <boost/preprocessor/iteration/local.hpp>
#include <boost/function.hpp>
#include <boost/static_assert.hpp>
#include "llsd.h"
@@ -111,6 +106,9 @@ typedef LLStandardSignal::slot_type LLEventListener;
/// Result of registering a listener, supports <tt>connected()</tt>,
/// <tt>disconnect()</tt> and <tt>blocked()</tt>
typedef boost::signals2::connection LLBoundListener;
+/// Storing an LLBoundListener in LLTempBoundListener will disconnect the
+/// referenced listener when the LLTempBoundListener instance is destroyed.
+typedef boost::signals2::scoped_connection LLTempBoundListener;
/**
* A common idiom for event-based code is to accept either a callable --
@@ -255,13 +253,61 @@ namespace LLEventDetail
} // namespace LLEventDetail
/*****************************************************************************
+* LLEventTrackable
+*****************************************************************************/
+/**
+ * LLEventTrackable wraps boost::signals2::trackable, which resembles
+ * boost::trackable. Derive your listener class from LLEventTrackable instead,
+ * and use something like
+ * <tt>LLEventPump::listen(boost::bind(&YourTrackableSubclass::method,
+ * instance, _1))</tt>. This will implicitly disconnect when the object
+ * referenced by @c instance is destroyed.
+ *
+ * @note
+ * LLEventTrackable doesn't address a couple of cases:
+ * * Object destroyed during call
+ * - You enter a slot call in thread A.
+ * - Thread B destroys the object, which of course disconnects it from any
+ * future slot calls.
+ * - Thread A's call uses 'this', which now refers to a defunct object.
+ * Undefined behavior results.
+ * * Call during destruction
+ * - @c MySubclass is derived from LLEventTrackable.
+ * - @c MySubclass registers one of its own methods using
+ * <tt>LLEventPump::listen()</tt>.
+ * - The @c MySubclass object begins destruction. <tt>~MySubclass()</tt>
+ * runs, destroying state specific to the subclass. (For instance, a
+ * <tt>Foo*</tt> data member is <tt>delete</tt>d but not zeroed.)
+ * - The listening method will not be disconnected until
+ * <tt>~LLEventTrackable()</tt> runs.
+ * - Before we get there, another thread posts data to the @c LLEventPump
+ * instance, calling the @c MySubclass method.
+ * - The method in question relies on valid @c MySubclass state. (For
+ * instance, it attempts to dereference the <tt>Foo*</tt> pointer that was
+ * <tt>delete</tt>d but not zeroed.)
+ * - Undefined behavior results.
+ * If you suspect you may encounter any such scenario, you're better off
+ * managing the lifespan of your object with <tt>boost::shared_ptr</tt>.
+ * Passing <tt>LLEventPump::listen()</tt> a <tt>boost::bind()</tt> expression
+ * involving a <tt>boost::weak_ptr<Foo></tt> is recognized specially, engaging
+ * thread-safe Boost.Signals2 machinery.
+ */
+typedef boost::signals2::trackable LLEventTrackable;
+
+/*****************************************************************************
* LLEventPump
*****************************************************************************/
/**
* LLEventPump is the base class interface through which we access the
* concrete subclasses LLEventStream and LLEventQueue.
+ *
+ * @NOTE
+ * LLEventPump derives from LLEventTrackable so that when you "chain"
+ * LLEventPump instances together, they will automatically disconnect on
+ * destruction. Please see LLEventTrackable documentation for situations in
+ * which this may be perilous across threads.
*/
-class LLEventPump: boost::noncopyable
+class LLEventPump: public LLEventTrackable
{
public:
/**
@@ -364,10 +410,22 @@ public:
* themselves. listen() can throw any ListenError; see ListenError
* subclasses.
*
- * If (as is typical) you pass a <tt>boost::bind()</tt> expression,
- * listen() will inspect the components of that expression. If a bound
- * object matches any of several cases, the connection will automatically
- * be disconnected when that object is destroyed.
+ * The listener name must be unique among active listeners for this
+ * LLEventPump, else you get DupListenerName. If you don't care to invent
+ * a name yourself, use inventName(). (I was tempted to recognize e.g. ""
+ * and internally generate a distinct name for that case. But that would
+ * handle badly the scenario in which you want to add, remove, re-add,
+ * etc. the same listener: each new listen() call would necessarily
+ * perform a new dependency sort. Assuming you specify the same
+ * after/before lists each time, using inventName() when you first
+ * instantiate your listener, then passing the same name on each listen()
+ * call, allows us to optimize away the second and subsequent dependency
+ * sorts.
+ *
+ * If (as is typical) you pass a <tt>boost::bind()</tt> expression as @a
+ * listener, listen() will inspect the components of that expression. If a
+ * bound object matches any of several cases, the connection will
+ * automatically be disconnected when that object is destroyed.
*
* * You bind a <tt>boost::weak_ptr</tt>.
* * Binding a <tt>boost::shared_ptr</tt> that way would ensure that the
@@ -429,6 +487,9 @@ public:
/// query
virtual bool enabled() const { return mEnabled; }
+ /// Generate a distinct name for a listener -- see listen()
+ static std::string inventName(const std::string& pfx="listener");
+
private:
friend class LLEventPumps;
/// flush queued events
@@ -503,48 +564,9 @@ private:
};
/*****************************************************************************
-* LLEventTrackable and underpinnings
+* Underpinnings
*****************************************************************************/
/**
- * LLEventTrackable wraps boost::signals2::trackable, which resembles
- * boost::trackable. Derive your listener class from LLEventTrackable instead,
- * and use something like
- * <tt>LLEventPump::listen(boost::bind(&YourTrackableSubclass::method,
- * instance, _1))</tt>. This will implicitly disconnect when the object
- * referenced by @c instance is destroyed.
- *
- * @note
- * LLEventTrackable doesn't address a couple of cases:
- * * Object destroyed during call
- * - You enter a slot call in thread A.
- * - Thread B destroys the object, which of course disconnects it from any
- * future slot calls.
- * - Thread A's call uses 'this', which now refers to a defunct object.
- * Undefined behavior results.
- * * Call during destruction
- * - @c MySubclass is derived from LLEventTrackable.
- * - @c MySubclass registers one of its own methods using
- * <tt>LLEventPump::listen()</tt>.
- * - The @c MySubclass object begins destruction. <tt>~MySubclass()</tt>
- * runs, destroying state specific to the subclass. (For instance, a
- * <tt>Foo*</tt> data member is <tt>delete</tt>d but not zeroed.)
- * - The listening method will not be disconnected until
- * <tt>~LLEventTrackable()</tt> runs.
- * - Before we get there, another thread posts data to the @c LLEventPump
- * instance, calling the @c MySubclass method.
- * - The method in question relies on valid @c MySubclass state. (For
- * instance, it attempts to dereference the <tt>Foo*</tt> pointer that was
- * <tt>delete</tt>d but not zeroed.)
- * - Undefined behavior results.
- * If you suspect you may encounter any such scenario, you're better off
- * managing the lifespan of your object with <tt>boost::shared_ptr</tt>.
- * Passing <tt>LLEventPump::listen()</tt> a <tt>boost::bind()</tt> expression
- * involving a <tt>boost::weak_ptr<Foo></tt> is recognized specially, engaging
- * thread-safe Boost.Signals2 machinery.
- */
-typedef boost::signals2::trackable LLEventTrackable;
-
-/**
* We originally provided a suite of overloaded
* LLEventTrackable::listenTo(LLEventPump&, ...) methods that would call
* LLEventPump::listen(...) and then pass the returned LLBoundListener to