[erlang-questions] conditional pub-sub in gproc

[Ulf Wiger]

Good points.

Please try out the latest version, which includes a few new functions:

gproc:await(Node, Key, Timeout)
https://github.com/esl/gproc/blob/master/doc/gproc.md#await-3

gproc:wide_await(Nodes, Key, Timeout)
https://github.com/esl/gproc/blob/master/doc/gproc.md#wide_await3

gproc:nb_wait(Node, Key)
https://github.com/esl/gproc/blob/master/doc/gproc.md#nb_wait-2

gproc:cancel_wait(Node, Key, Ref)
https://github.com/esl/gproc/blob/master/doc/gproc.md#cancel_wait-3


Note that await/3 also returns the Value, so can be throught of as a 
distributed get_value() function.

BR,
Ulf W


On 15 Jun 2012, at 16:25, Loïc Hoguin wrote:

> Sorry I should have been clearer.
> 
> I'm using global gproc to locate processes that may be on any node of the cluster. But sometimes I run into gen_leader's issues (for example if a node crashes) so I was wondering if I could manage still using gproc for my purposes without gen_leader.
> 
> Currently it's easy to broadcast information to other local gprocs but not so much to retrieve remote data, similar to what get_value/2 or where/1 would do in a distributed context.
> 
> It would be nice to be able to have a cluster of local gprocs and easily access them from any remote node, similar to how bcast works for broadcasting.
> 
> On 06/16/2012 01:18 AM, Ulf Wiger wrote:
>> 
>> On 15 Jun 2012, at 16:10, Loïc Hoguin wrote:
>> 
>>> That removes some functionality though, doesn't it. Like :get_value/1 and where/1. How would you suggest using these without global gproc?
>> 
>> Uhm, those functions work perfectly fine in a local context…
>> 
>> Can you expand on that?
>> 
>> Global gproc (gproc_dist) is disabled by default.
>> My assumption is that most people leave it that way.
>> 
>> BR,
>> Ulf W
>> 
>> Ulf Wiger, Co-founder & Developer Advocate, Feuerlabs Inc.
>> http://feuerlabs.com
>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
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> Loïc Hoguin
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> 

Ulf Wiger, Co-founder & Developer Advocate, Feuerlabs Inc.
http://feuerlabs.com