On Wed, 8 Jun 2016 22:37:55 +1000 David Seikel <onef...@gmail.com> said:
> I'm just gonna pipe in here a little bit. > > On Wed, 8 Jun 2016 20:16:20 +0900 Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) > <ras...@rasterman.com> wrote: > > > > If history tell us, our existing solution is not usable, but prove > > > me wrong and show me how amazing our current limited set of > > > asynchronous API is used by so many people. Now just think that we > > > are expanding > > > > as above. ecore_con. ecore_con_url, preload, timer, job, > > animator, .... all used. > > I use ecore_con, timer, job, and animator in a couple of my projects. > The first two I use a lot in my huge project. ecore_con_url and > preload I just haven't bothered to try out yet. I also use EFL > threads and ecore fd handler for some async stuff. > > There was one thing I was thinking that I might try promises on, once > the API and arguments are settled, replacing timer and job for > sequencing some async startup stuff. That would still leave ecore_con, > timer, and threads heavily used in that project, but I think that's the > only place I use job. Promises as initially described to me seems like > a slightly better fit than timers and jobs for this startup stuff. > > I've not actually looked at promises yet though, but I agree in > principle with Raster when he says that things should be consistent and > use the same infrastructure. Having said that, now I'm wondering why we > can't just extend jobs? actually jobs in current efl are promises, so it's kind of inverted. but promises are objects. a job is now a promise. you want to track it and cancel/unref/whatever it hwne you no longer need it. this is why i keep saying they are objects thus should be eo. -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) ras...@rasterman.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
