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

[Filipe David Manana]

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,
>>
>> --
>> Filipe David Manana,
>> fdmanana@REDACTED, fdmanana@REDACTED
>>
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>>  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."