[chuck-users] Events as shared instance variables across shreds

29 Jan 2007

      Bear (bare?) with me,

Is it advisable to have Events as instance variables so that shreds  
sporked from that instance all reference this internal event?

The code below works in practice.
(I have not run the code example, but I do something similar in a  
program).

Are there any pitfalls to doing this, rather than explicitly passing  
in the Event, as is shown in the language tutorials?

Many thanks in advance,
D

// event as instance variable across shreds
// -----------------------------------------------------------

class Object
{
   new Event @=> Event event;

   function first()
   {
     while(true)
     {
       this.event.signal();
       1::second => now;
     }
   }

   function second()
   {
     while(true)
     {
       this.event => now;
       <<< "recieved event" >>>;
     }
   }
}

Object object;

spork ~ object.first();
spork ~ object.second();

[chuck-users] Events as shared instance variables across shreds

David Michael