gen_fsm: forcing state transitions

[Joel Reymont]

I apologize for the batch of messages to the list but I'm online twice a
week from the Helsinki public library. They don't have internet at the
refugee reception center so please bear with me :-)!

I have been trying to spread logic between different states with some
states being artificial if you will. Some processing will happen in such
a state and I will then force a transition to a different state. I like
this approach because it helps me keep state callbacks reasonably small
and easy to test. 

I'm forcing transition thusly:

		    gen_fsm:send_event_after(1, collect),
		    { next_state, small_blind, Data }

The intent is for the FSM to transition to the small_blind state and
receive a collect event right after. 

My question is about the timeout parameter. Is 1 ms a good number for
forcing an immediate transition? Can I just use 0 or should I pick a
number greater than one?

    Thanks, Joel

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