Scripts that are already running

[stephen barncard]

Isn't there something in the 'new' externals interface that can share rev
globals, or pass a handle to a memory block? I'm talking out of my hat here.

On 24 September 2010 10:15, <DunbarX at aol.com> wrote:

> Jacques, et al.
>
> The "wait with messages", which I know about, is compact and cool. But that
> code needs to reside within the running handler. As do, in their own way,
> all the other comments from everyone. For example, BonnMike notes you can
> read the state of a property while a handler is running. Certainly you can,
> but
> only from within the handler.
>
> I was asking if any state of the machine can be accessed from outside a
> running handler. I read from all the responses, as I thought, that it
> cannot.
>
> Say a variable is gettinig incremented in a repeat loop. Its state changes
> as the loop progresses. Can this state be returned to the engine from some
> externally running process, one that would be able to monitor handler
> variables on the fly. It would require, essentially, that the handler be
> interrupted continuously. I don't think this is part of the xTalk world. I
> am not sure
> about other procedural languages.
>
> This all came about because someone wanted a single universal watchdog on
> his stack. He had several handlers in several places, all of which could
> create a condition he wanted to act upon. So the "send in time" handler fit
> that
> bill. If he created yet another such handler somewhere, it would be
> covered. But it occurred to be that if the condition was met and the
> handler still
> had much to do and might take a long time to do it, then the condition
> could
> not be dealt with until that handler ends. It seemed intriguing to think
> that something could monitor, say, the state of variables, from outside the
> handler while it was running.
>
> Anyone think this is a useful, perhaps monumental, feature?
>
> Craig
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