On Fri, 17 Jun 2016 09:41:39 +0100 Tom Hacohen <[email protected]> said:

> On 17/06/16 03:28, Carsten Haitzler wrote:
> > On Thu, 16 Jun 2016 19:13:20 +0100 Tom Hacohen <[email protected]> said:
> >
> >> On 03/06/16 20:17, Cedric BAIL wrote:
> >> <snip>
> >>>>> also promises should become eo objects with event cb's
> >>>>> so they work just like everything else. i can ref, unref, delete and
> >>>>> whatever them like everything else.
> >>>
> >>> As said above, this does work. Example with event :
> >>> eo_promise = efl_file_set(image, "toto.jpg", NULL);
> >>> eo_event_callback_array_add(eo_promise, promise_callbacks1(), NULL);
> >>> eo_event_callback_array_add(eo_promise, promise_callbacks2(), NULL);
> >>>
> >>> In this 3 lines, there is already 2 case in which that fail. First if,
> >>> the object is done before the callback is set, data are lost and there
> >>> is no way to get any event. Ofcourse, we can override the behavior of
> >>> events on this eo_promise completely. Now let's imagine, that we
> >>> actually do always store the events, so that everytime someone
> >>> register a callback we can send the event. Still you can't auto del
> >>> the object at any point in time, you have to force the user to
> >>> implement the eo_del and to always provide both a then and cancel
> >>> callback.
> >>>
> >>> Other possibility, it is an event on the object itself.
> >>> eo_event_callback_array_add(image, promise_callbacks1(), NULL);
> >>> efl_file_set(image, "toto.jpg", NULL);
> >>> eo_event_callback_array_add(image, promise_callbacks2(), NULL);
> >>>
> >>> Same again, this can not work. The first group of event handler,
> >>> promise_callbacks1(), may actually be triggered by a previously
> >>> running promise on the object, so you have to first forcefully stop
> >>> the previous operation. This would add complexity. And still the
> >>> second callback has the same issue as the previous case, if it is a
> >>> normal eo event, it could have been triggered before any callback get
> >>> registered and the event be lost... Same story short, doesn't work.
> >>>
> >>
> >> I'm currently reading through the thread, and I didn't see anything
> >> mentioned about this other than a casual remark you made, so just wanted
> >> to make it crystal clear regarding implementing it as an Eo object.
> >> The whole point/magic of inheritance is that you can and are supposed to
> >> override functions if needed. Overriding callback add to call the
> >> callback immediately upon addition (if already done) is how I would
> >> implement promise callbacks. It's clean, easy and as intended. This is
> >> definitely not a problem.
> >
> > just for convenience i think having a special eo_promise_then(obj, cb1, cb2,
> > data); may be best as its the simplest and is not pretending to ADD a cb in
> > the name. it sets it explicitly. this needs special treatment like the eo
> > event callbacks of course.
> >
> > but using an eo event is possible by override indeed, but here is the issue.
> > you have to wait until either "then" or "else" or both are set. since you
> > set one then set another... you will have to always add one of them as a
> > NULL or dummy cb just to do this. having a single method/func set both
> > makes more sense. in fact this likely needs manual binding/.handling per
> > language anyway. i'm really only thinking of eo events for EXTRA features
> > like progress events on a promise that happen before the success/fail cb's
> > above.
> >
> >
> 
> This is explained better in my reply to the initial post of this thread, 
> but essentially you don't. What you are missing, and why life-cycle can 
> be pretty broken, and why this doesn't matter is that you can register a 
> few "then" and a few "cancel" in promises. That is actually the power of 
> promises, that you can chain them and use them for a few things. This is 
> dealt with nicely. See the post I mentioned.

register a few then/else cb's on the same promise? at least that should not be
possible (it should not work). on;y one else/then cb (zero or one of each).


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