On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 12:23 PM, Shawn Hoover <shawn.hoo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 12:01 PM, Ryan Waters <ryan.or...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I'm working with the code at the following gist and also pasted below: >> >> http://gist.github.com/421550 >> >> I'd like to have execution of a separate thread (agent) continue >> running until it sees the atom 'running' change to false. >> >> Unfortunately, the program doesn't return from the send-off but >> to my understanding it should. Why won't it return? I'm using >> clojure 1.1. >> >> TIA >> >> ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; >> >> (ns nmanage) >> >> (def running (atom true)) >> >> (defn process >> [] >> (when @running >> (prn "hi") >> (Thread/sleep 1000)) >> (recur)) >> >> ;;; >> (send-off (agent nil) (process)) >> >> (do >> (prn "this won't print - execution doesn't make it this far") >> (Thread/sleep 2000) >> (reset! running false)) >> > > It looks like you're passing the result of calling (process) as an argument > to send-off. Try just (send-off (agent nil) process) to pass the process fn > as a value. >
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