[erlang-questions] gen_server2 merge into OTP?

Ulf Wiger ulf.wiger@REDACTED
Sat Jul 18 10:44:35 CEST 2009


Hmm, there was a question on the list just recently which
touched on how erl_eval drains the messages and resends
them to itself, and how this severely punishes code where
selective receive is /not/ used.

BR,
Ulf W

Paul Fisher wrote:
> Was wondering if there was any possibility that the gen_server2 [1] 
> would have any chance of being merged into the standard OTP 
> distribution?  A good summary of the benefits can be found at [2].
> 
> [1] 
> http://hg.rabbitmq.com/rabbitmq-server/file/b95f2fd4e3f6/src/gen_server2.erl 
> 
> [2] http://www.joeandmotorboat.com/2009/02/06/new-stuff-for-merle/
> 
> 
> -- 
> paul
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