On 6/27/07, Giulio Cesare Solaroli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > a colleague has just pointed me to this post on Javascript threading: > http://www.neilmix.com/2007/02/07/threading-in-javascript-17/
Interesting, kinda like Stackless Python but for javascript :) > I have to admit that I did not read the whole articole very careful, > but I had the impression that the suggested solution, even if using > different terms, was aiming at solving the same problem that Mochikit > own Deferred objects solve. No, not really. Deferreds encapsulate the "promise of a future result", along with goodness such as being cancelable, deferred chaining etc. They're basically just a way to make callbacks easier to handle. Now, callbacks can be used in many cases in place of generators - but the powerful yield statement can do much more. I think it would be very hard to implement this trampolining way of cooperative scheduling with callbacks - and deferreds wouldn't help much. If I'm mistaken I'm sure someone will correct me. > If anybody can confirm this impression, I will be very pleased to skip > the careful reading of the post, as I have already got quite confident > using Deferred (after an inital pain) and I would be very happy to > keep using them. Understanding trampolining generators and this "stackless" mode of doing function calls is a pain to.. but I recommend reading and thinking about it :) Arnar --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MochiKit" group. To post to this group, send email to mochikit@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mochikit?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
