Ready

Syntax
ready[ ]

Semantics
The ready type will force P2P Send to start only if a matching receive has been posted by the target processor. When used in conjunction with the nonblocking type, communication start will wait until a matching receive is posted. This type acts as a form of handshaking and can improve performance in some uses.

Example
function void main { var a:Int::allocated[single[on[1]]]; var b:Int::allocated[single[on[2]]] :: ready[]; var c:Int::allocated[single[on[2]]] :: ready[] :: nonblocking[]; a:=b; a:=c; };

The send of assignment a:=b will only begin once the receive from process 1 has been issued. With the statement a:=c the send, even though it is nonblocking, will only start once a matching receive has been issued too.

Since: Version 0.5