Following up on this, will something terrible happen if: https://github.com/clojure/core.async/blob/master/src/main/clojure/clojure/core/async/impl/channels.clj#L59
was changed from (box nil) to (box :chan-closed) On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 4:21 AM, t x <txrev...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > * This is the time I've heard "the one who's feeding the channel is the > one in charge of closing it" -- previously, my channel code was fairly > ad-hoc and agressive (since I need to kill many (go-loop [msg (<! ... )] > (when msg ...)) blocks). > > * I still feel this breaks the "conveyor belt" metaphor -- when a > conveyor belt shuts down, it's understandable that we after we take what's > on the belt, in future takes, we get nothing. > > However, when putting items on a stopped conveyor belt, messages should > not just *poof* vanish into the void. :-) > > * This existing semantics makes debugging annoying (perhaps this is due > to my lack of skill). When something should be happening, and nothing is > happening, I'm basically going around hunting for "where did I do a put on > a closed channel", whereas if it threw an exception of some form, it'd be > easier to handle then this "silent fail." > > > > > On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 3:50 AM, Meikel Brandmeyer (kotarak) > <m...@kotka.de>wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> probably the idea is, that the one who's feeding the channel is the one >> in charge of closing it. After all, they know when there is no more input >> available. Do you have a use case where this problem manifests? Or is that >> just a vague fear that it might happen? >> >> Kind regards >> Meikel >> >> -- >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- -- 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.
