On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 4:45 PM, Carsten Haitzler <ras...@rasterman.com> wrote: > On Tue, 31 May 2016 06:15:29 -0700 Cedric BAIL <cedric.b...@free.fr> said: > >> On May 30, 2016 22:51, "Carsten Haitzler" <ras...@rasterman.com> wrote: >> > >> > the api for promises seems pretty confusing. just look at this: >> > >> > job = efl_loop_job(obj, args); >> > eina_promise_then(job, _efl_loop_args_job_cb, NULL, args); >> > >> > why do i need to pass in args... TWICE? well ok - this specific way of >> using >> > promises for jobs... both promises in efl_loop.eo do this, and it's >> confusing. >> > the void *data when creating the job (first args) is not used at all. the >> data >> > for the promise is passed as data to the promise callback. >> > >> > why do this? value isn't used here in the promise -actually it's the >> promise >> > ptr itself for whatever reason. >> >> They are both different. A promise deliver a value at some point in the >> future to multiple callback couple. The data you give when creating the >> promise is the one delivered in the future. The one you pass with your >> couple of callbacks is obviously tied to that couple of callback. They are >> clearly 2 different things. Obviously you don't need to pass any data at >> all in both case. > > ummm the void *data when creating the job never is passed as anything to > promise callbacks. why have it at all? it's misleading. it's useless. i sat > down and had to figure out what is and isn't passed because it was entirely > unclear what was passed or not. value is the promise. i've printfed it's values > trying to figure out what gets passed where. bizarre that it is but whatever. > but data from the job is unused. data from the eina_promise_then is used and > passed as data to the cb's
It is passed as the value. The second parameter of the function being called in the then case. You did set it to EINA_UNUSED in your case. I can call it value in the .eo if that help. -- Cedric BAIL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What NetFlow Analyzer can do for you? Monitors network bandwidth and traffic patterns at an interface-level. Reveals which users, apps, and protocols are consuming the most bandwidth. Provides multi-vendor support for NetFlow, J-Flow, sFlow and other flows. Make informed decisions using capacity planning reports. https://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/305295220;132659582;e _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
