Yes, this pattern is pretty common. Create the timeout first, then do some work, then take from the timeout to wait for the remaining time. Looks good to me.
Timothy On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 10:27 AM, Kris Jenkins <krisajenk...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hey folks, > > Can someone sanity check this for me, please? > > I want to write some code that processes messages on a core.async channel, > at a rate of *at most* 1 message per second. I'm using this code: > > (go > (while true > (let [t (timeout 1000)] > (log "Message is: " (<! my-interesting-channel)) > (<! t)))) > > I'm expecting the timeout channel to start ticking down at the top. We > process one message, and then iff that took less than 1s, the timeout > channel will parse for the remaining milliseconds. > > It seems right to me, but I'd appreciate a second look, if someone can > spare the time. :-) > > Cheers, > Kris > > -- > 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. > -- "One of the main causes of the fall of the Roman Empire was that-lacking zero-they had no way to indicate successful termination of their C programs." (Robert Firth) -- 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.
