Looks really cool! Everything’s an object :) Does it run in older images? How hard, do you reckon, would it be to backport TaskIT to e.g. Pharo 1.4?
Cheers, Max On 23.06.2014, at 00:39, Santiago Bragagnolo <santiagobragagn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all, im glad to announce TaskIT. You may already knew about, after all > it's not confidential ;) and it has documentation on-going since some months > ago. > > Task IT is package that provides a cool way to deal with processes. Even when > this version is stable, it still in design and we want to make it consistent > and powerfull. > > It counts with a chapter in pharo enterprise book and some cool tests. > > We have moved the main distribution repo to CAR > > http://smalltalkhub.com/#!/~CAR/TaskIT/ > > > The main easy things to do with this revision are: > > " closures " > val := [ 2+2 ] shootIt. > val isKindOf: TKTFuture. > val onSuccess: [: rslt | rslt == 4 ] "async" > val value == 4. " sync " > > rslt := [ 2+2 ] shootIt asResult. > rslt == 4 "sync on demand" > > " objects " > > val := 2 paralellize + 2. > val == 4 "sync on demand" > > > " staying in tune " > > val := [ "some task" ] shootIt asStickyReference. > > val := nil. > " sticky means that if this future is taken by the GC, it will kill the > process" > > > > " looping " > > > val := server paralellize looping serveOnce: anyParameter asStickyReference. > > "this will execute in a new process, in a loop, server serveOnce: > anyParameter." > > You can stop it by doing > val:= nil. > > "or using a disgusting magic variable, for that check the samples :). But do > not rely on that kind of things, because it will not be supported " > > > > For more advanced and cool usages, check the Doc. > > > FAQ: > > 1- Yes, the "sync" on demand is implemented with a proxy and a become. > 2- Yes, we are changing the API of the processes that persist in time. > > CREDITS > All CAR team in general was great inspiration, particularly, Guille Polito > full operational commiter and of course is always a good idea to discuss > with him, Nick Papoylias, is also great to discuss with him. Luc, Noury, > Jannik: several ideas are discussed with them as well, and they always gave > me support. > > and from RMOD Esteban Lorenzano, also discussing and proposing. > > Thanks all :). > > > OTHERS: > If you want to go to the darkside (dark because is not documented yet, but in > the case of PoolIT, that it has some doc ) you can also add to your combo: > ActIT: a simple Actor extention for taskit. > ForkIT: an extention that runs blocks in background image (it adds a nice > button to the test runner, letting you run all your tests in a background > image and installing the results after the execution) > PoolIT: it adds a pool of workers, it consumes tasks and ensure you a limited > amount of threads. > PlanIT: a basic and not yet full developed algebra for composing processes. > > > > I encourage you to use it, it is being used in PhaROS since a lot of time. > And please any bug and enhancements, you can contact us. Since we are working > on the next version is a good time to define what features are really needed. > > > Salut. > > > Santiago. . > > > > > >
