[erlang-patches] Add supervisor:start_child/3 to limit the number of children

[Siri Hansen]

2015-01-16 12:17 GMT+01:00 Vance Shipley <vances@REDACTED>:

> On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 8:30 PM, Siri Hansen <erlangsiri@REDACTED> wrote:
> > I'm happy to announce that in OTP-18, the supervisor API will be
> improved to allow supervisor flags and childspecs declared as maps (similar
> to http://erlang.org/pipermail/erlang-patches/2012-January/002574.html,
> except maps are used instead of proplists). This will allow for additions
> to these data structures. We now wonder if the functionality handled in the
> current thread is still wanted, and if so if the patch should be rewritten
> to use the new API?
>
> Yes, indeed it is.  I will submit a new patch.
>

Great! As you know we need to be extra careful when including new
functionality in the OTP base, so we might need to go another round with
OTP Technical Board. So to avoid wasting time it might be a good idea to
give us a short description of the design (including API) before
implementing the details and we will give you feedback as soon as possible.

/siri
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