On 21/10/2011, at 21:23, Dean Landolt wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 3:20 PM, Jorge <[email protected] wrote:
>> On 21/10/2011, at 17:40, Eric Jacobs wrote:
>>>
>>> Jorge,
>>>
>>> Would it still be satisfying to you if instead of writing the call
>>> expression like this:
>>> try {
>>> response = asyncFunction(request); //might suspend execution
>>> }
>>> catch (e) {
>>> //whatever
>>> }
>>> //our code continues here
>>> we needed to write it with an explicit annotation, like this:
>>>
>>> response = yield asyncFunction(request); //might suspend execution
>>>
>>>
>>> or perhaps this:
>>>
>>> yield { response = asyncFunction(request); } //might suspend execution
>>>
>>>
>>> or some other creative way of statically encoding the "might suspend
>>> execution" condition into the syntax?
>>
>> Yes, of course, it would be fine. Why ?
>
> Because this is the fundamental difference between shallow and deep
> continuations.
Yes, if we can write this:
try {
response = yield asyncFunction(request); //might suspend execution
}
catch (e) {
//whatever
}
and asyncFunction can suspend/resume then it's alright.
Why ?
--
Jorge.
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