On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 07:50:31AM -0800, Sean Devlin wrote: >(defn daemon > "Creates a new daemon thread and sets runnable to f" > [f] > (let [t (Thread. f)] > (do > (.setDaemon t true) > (.start t) > t))) > >And I tried calling > >user=>(daemon #(println "foo")) > >I get the thread back, but it does not appear to execute. I've tried >this on OSX and XP. Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong?
I tried this on Linux, and prints "foo" once, which is what I would expect. If you want it to be period, though, you'll need to use something like Executors/newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor to create a scheduler for it. I tried writing a periodic scheduler using agents (and a ref to manage state). Turns out that getting shutdown working robustly is actually fairly tricky. I recommend just using the scheduler available in Java. David -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
