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NAME

       Tcl_LimitAddHandler,      Tcl_LimitCheck,     Tcl_LimitExceeded,     Tcl_LimitGetCommands,
       Tcl_LimitGetGranularity,   Tcl_LimitGetTime,    Tcl_LimitReady,    Tcl_LimitRemoveHandler,
       Tcl_LimitSetCommands,   Tcl_LimitSetGranularity,  Tcl_LimitSetTime,  Tcl_LimitTypeEnabled,
       Tcl_LimitTypeExceeded, Tcl_LimitTypeReset, Tcl_LimitTypeSet - manage  and  check  resource
       limits on interpreters

SYNOPSIS

       #include <tcl.h>

       int
       Tcl_LimitCheck(interp)

       int
       Tcl_LimitReady(interp)

       int
       Tcl_LimitExceeded(interp)

       int
       Tcl_LimitTypeExceeded(interp, type)

       int
       Tcl_LimitTypeEnabled(interp, type)

       void
       Tcl_LimitTypeSet(interp, type)

       void
       Tcl_LimitTypeReset(interp, type)

       int
       Tcl_LimitGetCommands(interp)

       void
       Tcl_LimitSetCommands(interp, commandLimit)

       void
       Tcl_LimitGetTime(interp, timeLimitPtr)

       void
       Tcl_LimitSetTime(interp, timeLimitPtr)

       int
       Tcl_LimitGetGranularity(interp, type)

       void
       Tcl_LimitSetGranularity(interp, type, granularity)

       void
       Tcl_LimitAddHandler(interp, type, handlerProc, clientData, deleteProc)

       void
       Tcl_LimitRemoveHandler(interp, type, handlerProc, clientData)

ARGUMENTS

       Tcl_Interp *interp (in)                               Interpreter  that  the  limit  being
                                                             managed applies to or that will have
                                                             its limits checked.

       int type (in)                                         The type of limit that the operation
                                                             refers  to.   This  must  be  either
                                                             TCL_LIMIT_COMMANDS                or
                                                             TCL_LIMIT_TIME.

       int commandLimit (in)                                 The maximum number of  commands  (as
                                                             reported  by info cmdcount) that may
                                                             be executed in the interpreter.

       Tcl_Time *timeLimitPtr (in/out)                       A pointer to a structure  that  will
                                                             either  have the new time limit read
                                                             from   (Tcl_LimitSetTime)   or   the
                                                             current   time   limit   written  to
                                                             (Tcl_LimitGetTime).

       int granularity (in)                                  Divisor that indicates how  often  a
                                                             particular  limit  should  really be
                                                             checked.  Must be at least 1.

       Tcl_LimitHandlerProc *handlerProc (in)                Function to call when  a  particular
                                                             limit    is    exceeded.    If   the
                                                             handlerProc removes  or  raises  the
                                                             limit  during  its  processing,  the
                                                             limited    interpreter    will    be
                                                             permitted  to  continue  to  process
                                                             after  the  handler  returns.   Many
                                                             handlers may be attached to the same
                                                             interpreter limit;  their  order  of
                                                             execution  is  not defined, and they
                                                             must be  identified  by  handlerProc
                                                             and   clientData   when   they   are
                                                             deleted.

       ClientData clientData (in)                            Arbitrary pointer-sized word used to
                                                             pass some context to the handlerProc
                                                             function.

       Tcl_LimitHandlerDeleteProc *deleteProc (in)           Function to call whenever a  handler
                                                             is  deleted.   May  be  NULL  if the
                                                             clientData requires no deletion.
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DESCRIPTION

       Tcl's interpreter resource  limit  subsystem  allows  for  close  control  over  how  much
       computation time a script may use, and is useful for cases where a program is divided into
       multiple pieces where some parts are  more  trusted  than  others  (e.g.  web  application
       servers).

       Every  interpreter  may  have  a  limit on the wall-time for execution, and a limit on the
       number of commands that the interpreter may execute.  Since checking of  these  limits  is
       potentially  expensive  (especially  the  time  limit),  each  limit  also  has a checking
       granularity, which is a divisor for an internal count of the number of points in the  core
       where  a check may be performed (which is immediately before executing a command and at an
       unspecified frequency between running commands, which can  happen  in  empty-bodied  while
       loops).

       The  final  component  of  the  limit  engine  is  a  callback  scheme  which  allows  for
       notifications of when a limit  has  been  exceeded.   These  callbacks  can  just  provide
       logging,  or  may  allocate  more  resources  to  the interpreter to permit it to continue
       processing longer.

       When a limit is exceeded (and the callbacks have  run;  the  order  of  execution  of  the
       callbacks  is  unspecified)  execution in the limited interpreter is stopped by raising an
       error and setting a flag that prevents the catch command in that interpreter from trapping
       that error.  It is up to the context that started execution in that interpreter (typically
       the main interpreter) to handle the error.

LIMIT CHECKING API

       To check the resource limits for an interpreter, call Tcl_LimitCheck, which returns TCL_OK
       if  the limit was not exceeded (after processing callbacks) and TCL_ERROR if the limit was
       exceeded (in which case an error message is also placed in the interpreter result).   That
       function  should  only  be called when Tcl_LimitReady returns non-zero so that granularity
       policy is enforced.  This API is designed to be similar in  usage  to  Tcl_AsyncReady  and
       Tcl_AsyncInvoke.

       When writing code that may behave like catch in respect of errors, you should only trap an
       error if Tcl_LimitExceeded returns zero.  If it returns non-zero, the interpreter is in  a
       limit-exceeded  state  and  errors  should be allowed to propagate to the calling context.
       You  can  also  check  whether  a  particular  type  of  limit  has  been  exceeded  using
       Tcl_LimitTypeExceeded.

LIMIT CONFIGURATION

       To  check  whether a limit has been set (but not whether it has actually been exceeded) on
       an interpreter, call Tcl_LimitTypeEnabled with the type of limit you want  to  check.   To
       enable   a   particular   limit  call  Tcl_LimitTypeSet,  and  to  disable  a  limit  call
       Tcl_LimitTypeReset.

       The level of a command limit may be set using Tcl_LimitSetCommands,  and  retrieved  using
       Tcl_LimitGetCommands.    Similarly   for   a   time   limit   with   Tcl_LimitSetTime  and
       Tcl_LimitGetTime respectively, but with that API the time limit is copied from and to  the
       Tcl_Time structure that the timeLimitPtr argument points to.

       The  checking  granularity for a particular limit may be set using Tcl_LimitSetGranularity
       and retrieved using Tcl_LimitGetGranularity.   Note  that  granularities  must  always  be
       positive.

   LIMIT CALLBACKS
       To   add   a   handler   callback   to   be   invoked  when  a  limit  is  exceeded,  call
       Tcl_LimitAddHandler.  The handlerProc argument describes the function that  will  actually
       be called; it should have the following prototype:

              typedef void Tcl_LimitHandlerProc(
                      ClientData clientData,
                      Tcl_Interp *interp);

       The  clientData  argument  to  the  handler  will  be whatever is passed to the clientData
       argument to Tcl_LimitAddHandler, and the interp is the  interpreter  that  had  its  limit
       exceeded.

       The  deleteProc  argument  to  Tcl_LimitAddHandler  is  a  function  to call to delete the
       clientData value.  It may be TCL_STATIC or NULL if no deletion  action  is  necessary,  or
       TCL_DYNAMIC  if  all that is necessary is to free the structure with Tcl_Free.  Otherwise,
       it should refer to a function with the following prototype:

              typedef void Tcl_LimitHandlerDeleteProc(
                      ClientData clientData);

       A limit handler may be deleted using Tcl_LimitRemoveHandler; the handler removed  will  be
       the  first  one  found  (out  of the handlers added with Tcl_LimitAddHandler) with exactly
       matching type, handlerProc and clientData arguments.  This  function  always  invokes  the
       deleteProc on the clientData (unless the deleteProc was NULL or TCL_STATIC).

KEYWORDS

       interpreter, resource, limit, commands, time, callback