From: Daniel Nugent <nugend@...>
Date: 2006-02-26T13:34:26+09:00
Subject: Re: lazy.rb 0.9.5 -- transparent futures!

Good idea, thanks!

On 2/24/06, mental@rydia.net <mental@rydia.net> wrote:
> Quoting Daniel Nugent <nugend@gmail.com>:
>
> > Mental, could I perchance persuade you to add an optional
> > parameter to
> > the Future initializer that accepts a block to be run inside the
> > rescue clause of the Future's thread?
> >
> > future(lambda{|exception| lock.synchronize{subscribers.each{|s|
> > s.raise(exception)}}}){holy_crap_long_execution}
>
> How about:
>
>  future {
>    begin
>      holy_crap_long_execution
>    rescue Exception => exception
>      lock.synchronize do
>        subscribers.each { |s| s.raise( exception ) }
>      end
>      raise
>    end
>  }
>
> ?
>
> That might be a bit longer, but it seems clearer what's going on.
>
> -mental
>
>


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-Dan Nugent