Yes that won't work. If something locks up the JavaScript process with an infinite loop those other go blocks will never get a chance to run. I believe even wrapping the final loop/recur in a go block won't help the issue.
But I don't think this is a limitation in practice. On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 8:24 AM, Sam Aaron <samaa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi there, > > I'm trying to understand how the new core.async go blocks work in a single > threaded environment such as Javascript. I'm slowly working through the > implementation, but it's pretty hairy and tough going. > > My current question is how the inversion of control works. In David's > (excellent) CSP blog post he demonstrated how you can have multiple go > blocks running concurrently: > > (go (loop [] (<! (timeout 1000)) (>! c 2) (recur))) > (go (loop [] (<! (timeout 1500)) (>! c 3) (recur))) > > I'm unsure how this interleaves with standard ClojureScript code. For > example consider the following > > (go (loop [] (<! (timeout 1000)) (>! c 2) (recur))) > (go (loop [] (<! (timeout 1500)) (>! c 3) (recur))) > > (loop [] (recur)) > > Here, we have two go blocks followed by an infinite loop that's not in a > go block. How does the code in the go blocks ever get 'unparked'? > > Sam > > --- > http://sam.aaron.name > > -- > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > your first post. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ClojureScript" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to clojurescript+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to clojurescr...@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojurescript. > > > -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
