#include #include #ifndef __COMPENSATIONS_H #define __COMPENSATIONS_H BEGIN_C_DECLS /** Rants about cpp: There seems to be no way to add this syntax: foo() { lock * l = hashLookup(foo); // stuff compensate_(l) { lock(l); // blah blah } with { unlock(l); } // more stuff } => foo() { push_compensation_stack(lock_c_line_1231, l); lock(l); pop_compensation_stack(); // remove top stack entry and execute it. } void lock_c_line_1231(lock * l) { unlock(l); } (note that this syntax doesn't require closures!) There are a few problems: 1: 'compensate' and 'with' need to know the name of the compensation's implementation function. 2: the 'with' block needs to move its code to the outside of the enclosing function's scope, since nested functions cannot be called after the function they are declared in returns. You could try #defining a temporary variable, and reading from it in the 'with' macro, but you seem to need a stack in order to support that. Here is the syntax that I've settled on: lock_t * l = foo(); begin_action(unlock, l) { lock(l); // ... } compensate; // Or: (not recommended) begin_action(unlock, l) { lock(l); // ... unlock(l); } end_action; // This is a useful variant, however: lock(l); // while loop , complicated stuff, etc { begin_action(unlock, l) { // something that can cause an error. } end_action; } unlock(l); In all cases, an error can be raised using: compensation_set_error(int i); If an error is set, then each instance of begin_action and end_action will cause the function to return, as appropriate. Currently, nesting begin_actions within each other in the same function will not work. This could probably be partially fixed by replacing return statements with 'break' statements, or a GOTO to the proper enclosing end_action/compensate. There may be a way to #define/#undefine a variable in a way that would handle this properly. Also, begin_action(NULL, NULL) is supported, and is useful for checking the return value of a called function. */ void compensations_init(); void compensations_deinit(); int compensation_error(); void compensation_clear_error(); void compensation_set_error(int code); #define begin_action(func, var) \ if(compensation_error()) return; \ do{ \ void (*_func_)(void*); \ pthread_cleanup_push(_func_=(void(*)(void*))(func), (void*)(var));\ do #define end_action \ while(0); \ pthread_cleanup_pop(_func_ && compensation_error()); \ if(compensation_error()) return; \ } while(0) #define compensate \ while(0); \ pthread_cleanup_pop((int)_func_); \ if(compensation_error()) return; \ } while(0) #define begin_action_ret(func, var, ret) \ if(compensation_error()) return (ret); \ do{ \ void (*_func_)(void*); \ pthread_cleanup_push(_func_=(void(*)(void*))(func), (void*)(var));\ do #define end_action_ret(ret) \ while(0); \ pthread_cleanup_pop(_func_ && compensation_error()); \ if(compensation_error()) return (ret); \ } while(0) #define compensate_ret(ret) \ while(0); \ pthread_cleanup_pop((int)_func_); \ if(compensation_error()) return (ret); \ } while(0) #define compensated_function #endif END_C_DECLS