[erlang-patches] Re: [erlang-questions] Possible supervisor patch

[Filipe David Manana]

Can I get someone from the OTP team to comment on this as well?

thanks

On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 3:57 PM, Filipe David Manana
<fdmanana@REDACTED> wrote:
> Exactly, that was my workaround, and the motivation for that patch was
> exactly to make it atomic.
>
> Thanks
>
> On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 2:58 PM, Robert Virding
> <robert.virding@REDACTED> wrote:
>> You can do it today with:
>>
>> restart_child(Sup, Id, NewSpec) ->
>>    supervisor:terminate_child(Sup, Id),
>>    supervisor:delete_child(Sup, Id),
>>    supervisor:start_child(Sup, NewSpec).
>>
>> BUT, it would not be guaranteed to be an atomic operation and it is up to the caller to ensure that the id remains the same.
>>
>> Robert
>>
>> ----- "Filipe David Manana" <fdmanana@REDACTED> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I find it useful to be able to restart a supervisor child with
>>> arguments different from those specified in the MFA component of the
>>> original child spec.
>>> Is this completely against the principles of OTP supervisors/servers,
>>> or something that may be added?
>>>
>>> I made a quick and tiny patch that adds this feature and is working as
>>> I want:
>>>
>>> https://github.com/fdmanana/otp/commit/a80f39109292c915ce56ea86b7e036b581f686b2
>>>
>>> If someone from the OTP team confirms this might be considered for
>>> inclusion, I'll be glad to refine it if necessary.
>>>
>>> best regards,
>>>
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>>> Filipe David Manana,
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>> --
>> Robert Virding, Erlang Solutions Ltd.
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>
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> Filipe David Manana,
> fdmanana@REDACTED, fdmanana@REDACTED
>
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>  Unreasonable men adapt the world to themselves.
>  That's why all progress depends on unreasonable men."
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-- 
Filipe David Manana,
fdmanana@REDACTED, fdmanana@REDACTED

"Reasonable men adapt themselves to the world.
 Unreasonable men adapt the world to themselves.
 That's why all progress depends on unreasonable men."