https://github.com/joyent/node/issues/5798
On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 5:38 PM, Ilya Shaisultanov < [email protected]> wrote: > No worries. > > Is the bug that it doesn't throw RangeError or that the execution happens > in background? > > On Friday, November 8, 2013 5:31:45 PM UTC-5, Rick Waldron wrote: >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 5:29 PM, Ilya Shaisultanov >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Ok, I think I'm thinking about process.nextTick as it was in node <0.10, >>> where, if I'm not mistaken >>> >>> function f() { >>> process.nextTick(f) >>> } >>> >>> f() >>> >>> would loop infinitely, whereas an immediate recursive call throws >>> RangeError. >>> >>> I tried running that in v0.10 and got RangeError. However, >>> >>> function f() { >>> setImmediate(f) >>> } >>> >>> f() >>> >>> puts the function in "background" and makes node process consume 100% >>> CPU. What happens there? >>> >> >> >> I believe this is a bug that's specific to 0.10.x and was fixed in >> 0.11.x and up. (Sorry, I don't have free cycles to look up the relevant >> github issues at the moment) >> >> Rick >> >> >>> On Friday, November 8, 2013 5:20:21 PM UTC-5, Rick Waldron wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 3:57 PM, Ilya Shaisultanov < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Pardon for resurrecting such old thread but I have a question about >>>>> process.nextTick: why/how does it eliminate the current stack? What >>>>> happens >>>>> behind the scenes? >>>>> >>>> >>>> It doesn't eliminate the current stack. The callback is "scheduled" and >>>> subsequently executed in the next execution turn. >>>> >>>> Rick >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>> -- >>> Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ >>> Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List- >>> Posting-Guidelines >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "nodejs" 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/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en >>> >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "nodejs" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >> >> -- > -- > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" 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/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "nodejs" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" 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/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
