OpenComputers signals low level pull signal, with future schedules pseudo signals, and a threadlet kernel.

signals.lua

local event = require('event')
local uptime = require('computer').uptime

local signals = {
  _pullSignal = function(timeout)
    return event.pull(timeout)
  end
}

local p_events =  {}
local p_handle = 1

function getNextPEvent()
  local selected_event = { time = math.huge }
  for handle, p_event in pairs(p_events) do
    if p_event.time < selected_event.time then
      selected_event = p_event
    end
  end

  if selected_event.handle == nil then
    return nil
  end

  return selected_event
end

signals.schedule  = function(time, event_data)
  local handle = p_handle
  p_handle = p_handle + 1

  p_events[handle] = {
    time = uptime() + time,
    handle = handle,
    event_data = event_data
  }

  return handle
end

signals.cancel = function(handle)
  p_events[handle] = nil
end

signals.pull = function(userTimeout)
  userTimeout = userTimeout or math.huge
  local current_time = uptime()

  local next_pevent = getNextPEvent()
  local pevent_data = nil
  local timeout = userTimeout

  -- we have a scheduled pseudo-signal
  if next_pevent then
    local p_timeout = next_pevent.time - current_time
    if (userTimeout >= p_timeout) then
      pevent_data = next_pevent.event_data
      timeout = p_timeout
    end

    -- this signal is overdue, return it now!
    if p_timeout <= 0 then
      signals.cancel(next_pevent.handle)
      return pevent_data
    end
  end

  -- next pseudo-signal is in the future, lets see if new events come from the hardware first
  local data = {signals._pullSignal(timeout)}
  if data[1] == nil then
    if pevent_data then
      signals.cancel(next_pevent.handle)
    end
    return pevent_data
  end

  return data
end

return signals

signals_test.lua

package.loaded.threadlet = nil
package.loaded.signals = nil

local threadlet = require("threadlet")

-- this function will exit when 'q' is pressed
local function keyboardExitThreadlet()
  print ("starting thread!, press q for this thread to die")
  while true do
    local evt, addr, a, b, c, d, e, f = threadlet.pullEvent('key_up')
    -- q pressed filter, lets exit!
    if evt == "key_up" and a == 113 then
      break
    end
  end
end

local function eventSpyThreadlet()
  local w,h = term.getViewport()
  while true do
    local evt = {threadlet.pullEvent()}
    local evtStr = ""
    for i,v in ipairs(evt) do
      evtStr = evtStr .. tostring(v) .. " "
    end

    term.setCursor(1, h)
    term.write("EVT: " .. evtStr .. "                                                               ")
  end
end

local function sleepTimer1()
  while true do
    print("         sleeping! TIMER 1")
    threadlet.sleep(1)
    print("         Sleep timer 1")
  end
end

local function sleepTimer2()
  while true do
    print("------- sleeping! TIMER 2")
    threadlet.sleep(3)
    print("------- Sleep timer 2")
  end
end

local function sleepTimeoutExit()
  print("Sleeping!  press q before timeout to exit")
  threadlet.sleep(12)
  print("Timeout over, exiting!")
end

threadlet.kernel(keyboardExitThreadlet, sleepTimer1, sleepTimer2, sleepTimeoutExit)

threadlet.lua

local signals = require("signals")

local threadlet = {1,2,3}

threadlet.pullEvent = function(...)
  return coroutine.yield(...)
end

local sleep_handle = 1
threadlet.sleep = function(timeout)
  local handle = sleep_handle
  sleep_handle = sleep_handle + 1

  signals.schedule(timeout, {'timer', 'self', handle})
  while true do
    local evt, addr, h = threadlet.pullEvent('timer')
    if handle == h then
      break
    end
  end
end

threadlet.kernel = function(...)
  local threadlets = {}
  local threadletFuncs = {...}

  function threadletHandlerFactory(func)
    local co = coroutine.create(func)
    local evt_filter_name = nil

    return {
      co = co,
      resume = function(evt_data)
        local evt_name = nil
        if evt_data ~= nil then
          evt_name = evt_data[1]
        end

        if evt_filter_name ~= nil and evt_name ~= evt_filter_name then
          return
        end

        if evt_data == nil then
          evt_data = {}
        end

        local noErr, evt_filter = coroutine.resume(co, table.unpack(evt_data))
        evt_filter_name = evt_filter
      end
    }
  end

  for i, func in ipairs(threadletFuncs) do
    threadlets[i] = threadletHandlerFactory(func)
  end

  local threadCount = #threadlets
  local evt_data
  while true do
    for i = 1, #threadlets do
      threadlets[i].resume(evt_data)
    end

    for i = #threadlets, 1, -1 do
      if coroutine.status(threadlets[i].co) == 'dead' then
        table.remove(threadlets, i)
      end
    end

    if #threadlets < threadCount then
      break
    end

    evt_data = signals.pull()
  end
end



return threadlet

threadlet_test.lua

package.loaded.threadlet = nil
package.loaded.signals = nil

local threadlet = require("threadlet")

-- this function will exit when 'q' is pressed
local function keyboardExitThreadlet()
  print ("starting thread!, press q for this thread to die")
  while true do
    local evt, addr, a, b, c, d, e, f = threadlet.pullEvent('key_up')
    -- q pressed filter, lets exit!
    if evt == "key_up" and a == 113 then
      break
    end
  end
end

local function eventSpyThreadlet()
  local w,h = term.getViewport()
  while true do
    local evt = {threadlet.pullEvent()}
    local evtStr = ""
    for i,v in ipairs(evt) do
      evtStr = evtStr .. tostring(v) .. " "
    end

    term.setCursor(1, h)
    term.write("EVT: " .. evtStr .. "                                                               ")
  end
end

local function sleepTimeout()
  print("Sleeping!  press q before timeout to exit")
  threadlet.sleep(2)
  print("Timeout over, exiting!")
end

threadlet.kernel(keyboardExitThreadlet, sleepTimeout)

Eek there be bugs in here!!

Multiple threadlets running threadlet.sleep break.....

working on a fix, but I got tired... I know! the nerve of me!

I'll have to work on it in the morning.

Fixed the bug with multiple timers, it was actually a bug with getNextPEvent() where it was using #p_events ... since I'm not using the array semantics # operator will not work, instead I chose to iterate over the list of events (empty or otherwise) and if it selected the temporary event constructed at the beginning of the loop, it returned nil

Fixed another issue, overdue events were getting lost to the ether, if a lot of events (drag events) came in some pseudo-signals were failing to fire, leading to inconsistent events.

This fix makes it so that it should run exactly the same number of events, obviously timing isn't precise due to the nature of OC and the environment.