doc: explain RPC return type annotations.

Fixes #410.
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whitequark 2016-04-29 12:09:14 +00:00
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@ -16,6 +16,34 @@ A number of Python features can be used inside a kernel for compilation and exec
For a demonstration of some of these features, see the ``mandelbrot.py`` example.
Remote procedure calls
----------------------
Kernel code can call host functions without any additional ceremony. However, such functions are assumed to return `None`, and if a value other than `None` is returned, an exception is raised. To call a host function returning a value other than `None` its return type must be annotated using the standard Python syntax, e.g.: ::
def return_four() -> TInt32:
return 4
The Python types correspond to ARTIQ type annotations as follows:
+-------------+-------------------------+
| Python | ARTIQ |
+=============+=========================+
| NoneType | TNone |
+-------------+-------------------------+
| bool | TBool |
+-------------+-------------------------+
| int | TInt32, TInt64 |
+-------------+-------------------------+
| float | TFloat |
+-------------+-------------------------+
| str | TStr |
+-------------+-------------------------+
| list of T | TList(T) |
+-------------+-------------------------+
| range | TRange32, TRange64 |
+-------------+-------------------------+
Additional optimizations
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