> > There are some caveats and shortcomings that need to be borne in mind: > > * scalability - the more complex the system, the more blobs and the > slower the visualisation gets - it can grind to a near halt pretty quick. > This is mainly due to the maths overhead on the physics engine dictating > the blobs movement. As it slows, it will start skipping frames, so you > may miss something if it is fleeting. > > * no abstraction - you see *everything* - so you get to see just how many > additional components simple-server creates for its own use. > > * heisenberg effect - you affect the system you are measuring. Oh no...no radioactive, dead cat analogies here! :)
> That > TCPClient the Introspector is using to get its data out to the visualiser > will be using network sockets, the Selector component (a component that > is shared between all components using TCP sockets - its basically a > wrapper around the unix select() call). Hence, also, the fact that the > introspector component itself will appear within the introspection. > Every introspective process suffers from these problems, so no biggie for the time being. I think being able to make the display window bigger, and scroll it, matters most right now. > > Really glad you like it tho :-) > It is still so damned neat. Layers of introspection and optimization can always be added later. This is still so cool! Gloria --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "kamaelia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/kamaelia?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
