Hi,
don't bother. That's perfectly ok, and no, there is no library function for
that. I know quite a number of developers having implemented exactly this
function (myself included).
Kind regards
Meikel
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Is there some reason you can't use a ref for this?
On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 9:20 AM, Adam Clements adam.cleme...@gmail.comwrote:
Hi,
I have been working on a setup where I batch a number of updates in a
queue, which I store in an atom with multiple threads potentially adding
things to it.
It's possible with a ref, but I don't need to coordinate multiple bits of
state so a ref feels like overkill, and it makes adding to the list far
more cumbersome as it needs to be inside a dosync, and I essentially end up
writing atom-like functions to make that easier... by which point I may as
Sounds to me like you should use an agent for this.
Don't worry about the overhead prematurely, it's actually pretty minimal.
Just make sure you choose between send and send-off appropriately (i.e.
does your further processing block or not?)
On Friday, 20 September 2013 00:20:11 UTC+8, Adam
Hi,
I have been working on a setup where I batch a number of updates in a
queue, which I store in an atom with multiple threads potentially adding
things to it. Periodically I want to flush that queue, leaving an empty
list in the atom and passing the current batch of values on for further
