Changeset 190

Timestamp:

06/03/06 15:17:37 (2 years ago)

Author:

blackhedd

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Files:

• experiments/NewMachine/lib/machine/reactor.rb (modified) (1 diff)

experiments/NewMachine/lib/machine/reactor.rb

@@ -58 +58 @@
-    # This will run in a tight loop unless one or more of the
-    # dispatchers blocks. Typically this will be the selectable-IO dispatcher.
+    # The if running? clause inside the dispatcher loop is to prevent
+    # infinite loops when events create other events that are consumed
+    # immediately.
+    # The fact that this is possible suggests starvation of IO objects
+    # as a possible failure mode. We may need a throttle that will (for example)
+    # break out of the iterate loop in pathological cases, after a certain
+    # number of events are processed.
-    def iterate
-      log.debug "iterating #{@dispatchers.size} dispatchers..."