On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 8:27 AM, Chouser <chou...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 9:01 AM, Mark Volkmann
> <r.mark.volkm...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 5:15 AM, Tom Ayerst <tom.aye...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> For example, I am pretty sure I don't need to wrap 'send' in 'dosync' (it
>>> works without it).
>>
>> Right. dosync starts a transaction. Agents and Atoms aren't affected
>> by transactions. You only need dosync when working with Refs.
>
> That's not quite true.  Agents are "affected" to the extent that
> 'send' and 'send-off' operations done inside a 'dosync' are held until
> the transaction commits before being sent.  Maybe you didn't mean to
> say otherwise, but I thought I'd mention it in case.

Ah ... good clarification. Thanks for reminding me about that!

-- 
R. Mark Volkmann
Object Computing, Inc.

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