Yes it is nulled using unsafe. -- Cheers, Konrad 'ktoso <http://kto.so>' Malawski Akka <http://akka.io/> @ Lightbend <http://lightbend.com/>
On March 8, 2018 at 7:32:56, Heiko Seeberger (loe...@posteo.de) wrote: `import context.dispatcher` is what „everybody“ is doing, not? I’m using it all over the place, because I have learned that one can import from stable identifiers (e.g. vals) in Scala. Hence I don’t think changing the docs has the necessary effect. How can a final val be „nulled"? Unsafe? Reflection? Cheers Heiko -- Heiko Seeberger Home: heikoseeberger.de Twitter: @hseeberger Public key: keybase.io/hseeberger Am 07.03.2018 um 19:23 schrieb Patrik Nordwall <patrik.nordw...@gmail.com>: Thanks! On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 6:16 PM, Jeff <jknight12...@gmail.com> wrote: > An example of documentation for using import context.dispatcher is here > https://doc.akka.io/docs/akka/2.5/futures.html#within-actors > > I can create some PR to update the documentation > > On Wednesday, March 7, 2018 at 6:09:24 AM UTC-8, Patrik Nordwall wrote: >> >> It's because when the actor is stopped some of the fields are cleared >> (yeah, even though they are vals) to "help" the GC in case something (e.g. >> an local ActorRef) is still referencing the actor instance. >> >> implicit val ec = context.dispatcher >> >> would solve it here. >> >> Where in the documentation is the import recommended? We should probably >> update that. Would you be able creating a PR fixing it? Thanks. >> >> /Patrik >> >> On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 10:44 PM, Jeff <jknigh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I suspected as much. So what would you suggest as for handling use cases >>> where you could have chained flatmaps on futures that at the end will >>> pipeTo a message back to the actor. Should we set the ExecutionContext to a >>> val? >>> >>> On Tuesday, March 6, 2018 at 12:09:22 PM UTC-8, √ wrote: >>>> >>>> Context is bound to the lifecycle of the actor. >>>> >>>> On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 8:37 PM, Jeff <jknigh...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I have noticed an issue where if a future maps/flatmaps after actor >>>>> shutdown, a NullPointerException is thrown. I've narrowed it down to >>>>> the import context.dispatcher, which I technically understand since >>>>> that is closing over actor state. If I change that to implicit val ec >>>>> = context.dispatcher, everything works fine. >>>>> >>>>> I'd like to understand what is the best practice in this case, since >>>>> the documentation for context.dispatcher indicates that it is >>>>> threadsafe and looking at the actor trait, context is a val. Most >>>>> documentation seems to indicate that import context.dispatcher is >>>>> preferred. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks >>>>> Jeff >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Read the docs: http://akka.io/docs/ >>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Check the FAQ: http://doc.akka.io/docs/akka/c >>>>> urrent/additional/faq.html >>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Search the archives: https://groups.google.com/grou >>>>> p/akka-user >>>>> --- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "Akka User List" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to akka-user+...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to akka...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/akka-user. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Cheers, >>>> √ >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>>>>>>>>> Read the docs: http://akka.io/docs/ >>> >>>>>>>>>> Check the FAQ: http://doc.akka.io/docs/akka/c >>> urrent/additional/faq.html >>> >>>>>>>>>> Search the archives: https://groups.google.com/grou >>> p/akka-user >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Akka User List" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to akka-user+...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to akka...@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/akka-user. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Patrik Nordwall >> Akka Tech Lead >> Lightbend <http://www.lightbend.com/> - Reactive apps on the JVM >> Twitter: @patriknw >> >> > -- > >>>>>>>>>> Read the docs: http://akka.io/docs/ > >>>>>>>>>> Check the FAQ: http://doc.akka.io/docs/akka/ > current/additional/faq.html > >>>>>>>>>> Search the archives: https://groups.google.com/group/akka-user > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Akka User List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to akka-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to akka-user@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/akka-user. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Patrik Nordwall Akka Tech Lead Lightbend <http://www.lightbend.com/> - Reactive apps on the JVM Twitter: @patriknw -- >>>>>>>>>> Read the docs: http://akka.io/docs/ >>>>>>>>>> Check the FAQ: http://doc.akka.io/docs/akka/current/additional/faq.html >>>>>>>>>> Search the archives: https://groups.google.com/group/akka-user --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Akka User List" group. 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