Re: Tasking (Background tasks)?

[Brian Yennie]

Wait with messages is one option that will allow other messages to be 
sent and executed. Another is to use "send" to process things in 
chunks, such as:

on mouseUp
    loadSomeData
end mouseUp
on loadSomeData
   if (dataLoadingComplete() = TRUE) then
       ...
      send "loadSomeData" to me in 50 milliseconds
   end if
end loadSomeData
By using send, you are essentially "yielding" until the next message is 
delivered, and you can specify how much time you want to give up- the 
above example giving 50 milliseconds between chunks of processing. I've 
never compared "send" to "wait with messages" directly, but I presume 
"wait" will give you the tightest loop while "send" offers the most 
flexibility.

HTH
I realize that it is the accepted method of taking in the RR 
environment but I am wondering if there are not any simple cooperative 
multi-tasking constructs.  I am loading a significant amount of data 
using a repeat loop I would like at the approiate time to yeild to any 
other tasks.  Can I accomplish this by using wait for messages?  Has 
someone already built cooperative tasking API or LIB? Is it even 
possible.  Since using a WAG to dealy a function is contrary to many 
multi-tasking concepts.
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