[erlang-questions] Thoughts on when to use 'infinity' timeouts for gen_server:call and friends

[Allan Wegan]

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On 2010-08-03 20:35, Kenneth Lundin wrote:
> We are however seriously considering to deprecate gen_server:call/2
and recommend all users to use gen_server:call/3 with infinity timeout
for all calls except some rare occasions where it really is motivated to
have a timeout and the user is prepared to handle all the potential
problems and raises with that.

I think, that would be the best solution. Just deprecate server:call/2.
And update the documentation for server:call/3 to mention the timeout
problem and that 'infinity' ist most often the right choice.

Then any one could just look into the doc and see the red bordered
warning about wrong timeout choices and possible undesired behavior
under heavy load...



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