# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
# under the terms of the license (GNU LGPL) which comes with this package.
-# CallType handler? name (resulttype,resultcast) (arg0name,arg0type,arg0cast) (arg1name,arg1type,arg1cast)
-
-# CallType must be one of the three:
-#
-# - Func: returning a value immediately (within the same scheduling round)
-# examples: all getters that only retrieve information with no side effect
+# The simcalls are given as C-like signatures (one per line):
#
-# - Proc: not returning any value (but doing so immediately)
-# examples: all setters, *_cancel
+# int foo(int x, int y);
+# int foo(int x, int y) [[block]];
+# int foo(int x, int y) [[nohandler]];
+# int foo(int x, int y) [[block, nohandler]];
#
-# - Blck: Blocking call that does not return in the same scheduling round.
-# The answer requires some interaction with SURF, even if this can
-# still occure at the same timestamp under some circonstances (eg
-# if the surf_action cannot start because of resources that are down)
-# examples: things that last some time (communicate, execute, mutex_lock)
+# The `block` attribut is used for calls which do not return in the same
+# scheduling round. The answer requires some interaction with SURF,
+# even if this can still occure at the same timestamp under some
+# circonstances (eg if the surf_action cannot start because of resources
+# that are down) examples: things that last some time (communicate, execute,
+# mutex_lock).
#
-# In a perfect world, these answers would also be handled by the
-# script, but we are not there yet. Instead, the answer is manually
-# generated in one of the SIMIX_post_*() functions, that are called
-# when we unpack the done and failed actions returned by surf after
-# a surf simulation round. Weird things happen if you forget to
-# answer a given simcall in there...
-
-# Handler? is either "H" if we need to generate a handler or "-" if we should go without handlers
-
+# The `nohandler` is used to disable handlers.
# I wish we could completely remove the handlers as their only use is
# to adapt the interface between the exported symbol that is visible
# by the user applications and the internal symbol that is implemented
