I'm sorry the url is: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=772084

2016-09-27 22:38 GMT+02:00 Michele Dionisio <michele.dioni...@gmail.com>:
> I think that now the patch is ok. I have add a bug for that on gnome bugzilla:
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=772084
>
> regards
>
> 2016-09-24 10:33 GMT+02:00 Nor Jaidi Tuah <norjaidi.t...@ubd.edu.bn>:
>>
>>> now,
>>>
>>> _state_in_progress_ is assigned to -1 at beginning
>>> the check if
>>>
>>> _state_in_progress_ == _state_ is move before the switch to work in
>>> any state.
>>>
>>
>> That won't work either.
>>
>> The fundamental problem is that the caller
>> that calls the callback (the mainloop or
>> whatever alternative you have in mind) must
>> be able to detect when the async method has
>> progressed to the next state. For the mainloop
>> solution, this is trivial. The alternative
>> you have in mind (that calls before yield)
>> must look at _state_ and _state_in_progress_;
>> otherwise, it may livelock.
>>
>> There is no way you can solve this by tweaking
>> async only[1]; you must also tweak the callback caller.
>> I don't think the Vala community would accept that.
>>
>>
>>
>> [1] Of course I may be wrong in this assertion.
>>
>> Nice day
>> Nor Jaidi Tuah
>>
>>
>>
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