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Gets a bit more explicit with ScanTarget documentation.

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Thomas Harte 2020-02-04 20:19:46 -05:00
parent 01fd1b1a2e
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@ -273,7 +273,11 @@ struct ScanTarget {
/// data and scan allocations should be invalidated.
virtual void will_change_owner() {}
/// Marks the end of an atomic set of data. Drawing is best effort, so the scan target should either:
/// Acts as a fence, marking the end of an atomic set of [begin/end]_[scan/data] calls] — all future pieces of
/// data will have no relation to scans prior to the submit() and all future scans will similarly have no relation to
/// prior runs of data.
///
/// Drawing is defined to be best effort, so the scan target should either:
///
/// (i) output everything received since the previous submit; or
/// (ii) output nothing.
@ -283,7 +287,7 @@ struct ScanTarget {
/// for any other reason.
///
/// The ScanTarget isn't bound to take any drawing action immediately; it may sit on submitted data for
/// as long as it feels is appropriate subject to an @c flush.
/// as long as it feels is appropriate, subject to a @c flush.
virtual void submit() = 0;
@ -303,6 +307,12 @@ struct ScanTarget {
/*!
Provides a hint that the named event has occurred.
Guarantee:
* any announce acts as an implicit fence on data/scans, much as a submit().
Permitted ScanTarget implementation:
* ignore all output during retrace periods.
@param event The event.
@param is_visible @c true if the output stream is visible immediately after this event; @c false otherwise.
@param location The location of the event.