Programs using spawn terminate

src/comp/middle/trans.rs

@@ -760,6 +760,9 @@ fn type_of_inner(&@crate_ctxt cx, &ast::span sp, &ty::t t) -> TypeRef {
         case (ty::ty_chan(?t)) {
             llty = T_ptr(T_chan(type_of_inner(cx, sp, t)));
         }
+        case (ty::ty_task) {
+            llty = T_taskptr(cx.tn);
+        }
         case (ty::ty_tup(?elts)) {
             let vec[TypeRef] tys = [];
             for (ty::mt elt in elts) {
@@ -2014,6 +2017,11 @@ fn make_free_glue(&@block_ctxt cx, ValueRef v0, &ty::t t) {
             rslt = res(cx, C_int(0));
         }
 
+        case (ty::ty_task) {
+            // TODO: call upcall_kill
+            rslt = res(cx, C_nil());
+        }
+
         case (ty::ty_obj(_)) {
 
             auto box_cell =
@@ -2107,6 +2115,10 @@ fn make_drop_glue(&@block_ctxt cx, ValueRef v0, &ty::t t) {
             rslt = decr_refcnt_maybe_free(cx, v0, v0, t);
         }
 
+        case (ty::ty_task) {
+            rslt = decr_refcnt_maybe_free(cx, v0, v0, t);
+        }
+
         case (ty::ty_obj(_)) {
             auto box_cell =
                 cx.build.GEP(v0,
@@ -5984,6 +5996,10 @@ fn trans_spawn(&@block_ctxt cx,
     }
     */
 
+    auto task_ty = node_ann_type(bcx.fcx.lcx.ccx, ann);
+    auto dropref = clean(bind drop_ty(_, new_task, task_ty));
+    find_scope_cx(bcx).cleanups += [dropref];
+
     ret res(bcx, new_task);
 }
 

src/comp/middle/ty.rs

@@ -951,6 +951,7 @@ fn type_is_boxed(&ctxt cx, &t ty) -> bool {
         case (ty_box(_)) { ret true; }
         case (ty_port(_)) { ret true; }
         case (ty_chan(_)) { ret true; }
+        case (ty_task) { ret true; }
         case (_) { ret false; }
     }
     fail;

src/test/run-pass/spawn.rs

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // -*- rust -*-
 
 fn main() {
-  spawn child(10);
+  auto t = spawn child(10);
 }
 
 fn child(int i) {