[erlang-questions] conditional pub-sub in gproc

[Tim Watson]

Guys - is there a good discussion/description of the outstanding issues with gen_leader? I'd like to understand its limitations a bit better.

Cheers,
Tim 

On 16 Jun 2012, at 01:58, Ulf Wiger wrote:

> 
> 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
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Loïc Hoguin
>> Erlang Cowboy
>> Nine Nines
>> 
>> 
> 
> Ulf Wiger, Co-founder & Developer Advocate, Feuerlabs Inc.
> http://feuerlabs.com
> 
> 
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