sluggishness of 8.1.1 on send in 0/wait 0 pairs?

Mark Talluto mark at canelasoftware.com
Tue Oct 25 18:31:48 EDT 2016


> On Oct 25, 2016, at 10:18 AM, Richard Gaskin <ambassador at fourthworld.com> wrote:
> 
> Dr. Hawkins wrote:
> 
> > I (like I assume many others) have a number of places with blocks like
> >
> > send doIt to stack worker in 0
> > wait 0 with messages
> > doSomethingElse
> >
> > I'm seeing a situation in which the code hits "DoSomethingElse"
> > before the "doIt" happens.
> 
> If you want to ensure "doIt" happens before the calling handler continues, why not just remove the "in 0" clause?

You might consider using 'dispatch' instead of 'send' if you really want it to execute the moment that line shows up. I read somewhere the dispatch is more performant anyways.

Best regards,

Mark Talluto
livecloud.io
canelasoftware.com







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