Re: Suggestions

2000-01-31 Thread Joshua N Pritikin
On Mon, Jan 31, 2000 at 06:19:35PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > It's more code to write. I prefer not to add features unless they are > > obvious or requested. Maybe this fits into the category of "obvious?" > > I think so ;-) It has a general meaning, and it's more difficult to keep in

Re: Suggestions

2000-01-31 Thread Jochen Stenzel
> > But really ... why should the timeout attribute NOT become generally available? >This > > would simplify the interface, wouldn't it? > > It's more code to write. I prefer not to add features unless they are > obvious or requested. Maybe this fits into the category of "obvious?" I think so

Re: Suggestions

2000-01-31 Thread Joshua N Pritikin
On Mon, Jan 31, 2000 at 05:26:27PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Further more, one can check if a watcher was cancelled - by calling > > > is_active(). So I suggest to note this in the doc as well, e.g.: > > > > Do you want an is_cancelled() method? I could add that, but it didn't > > see

Re: Suggestions

2000-01-31 Thread Jochen Stenzel
> > Further more, one can check if a watcher was cancelled - by calling > > is_active(). So I suggest to note this in the doc as well, e.g.: > > Do you want an is_cancelled() method? I could add that, but it didn't > seem important. This was my first thought. Then I discovered that the already e

Re: Suggestions

2000-01-31 Thread Joshua N Pritikin
On Mon, Jan 31, 2000 at 01:08:28PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 1) Event manages watcher objects internally. That's why there is no > urgent need to manage them yourself. On the other hand, if you want to > do this, it is possible. As a side effect of this, one can have a > watcher object tha

Suggestions

2000-01-31 Thread Jochen Stenzel
Hello, preparing an Event introduction, I started to write down and structure my knowledge about the module. Here are a few questions and suggestions that came up (the numbers are only there to structure the questions): 1) Event manages watcher objects internally. That's why there is no u