On 3 December 2013 02:59, Esteban A. Maringolo <[email protected]> wrote:
> 2013/12/2 Sean P. DeNigris <[email protected]>: > > EstebanLM wrote > >> yes, the transcript is ThreadSafeTranscript > > > > Does "ThreadSafe" mean I don't have to wrap all my debug logging in > > "WorldState addDeferredUIMessage: [ Transcript... ]? That would save a > lot > > of time :) > > According to the implementation it means there is a Mutex stopping > multiple processes from doing operations (#nextPut:, #nextPutAll:) at > the same time. It is... who sends the message first will be received > happily, whoever is second will have to wait in a semaphore :D > > Funny outputs might happen if two different senders use #nextPut: > intertwined. > (other frameworks only left "complete line" outputs to loggers, to > avoid this kind of scenarios). > > imo this is exactly the case when for 0.00001% of chance that it will be required once, you spend tons of effort to make it work, means: overengineering. And, btw, good luck with solving the Halting problem along the way when you will be implementing this 'complete line' (when multiple threads sending output, but don't allowed to mix the lines) -- Best regards, Igor Stasenko.
