what actually happens when sending a message out of a repeat loop?

[Jan Schenkel]

--- Eric Chatonet <eric.chatonet at sosmartsoftware.com>
wrote:
> Bonjour Richard et Sivakatirswami,
> 
> Le 23 juin 08 à 18:45, Richard Gaskin a écrit :
> 
> > Also, in polling timers I've found it very helpful
> to first check  
> > to see if a message is already queued before
> queueing it again, e.g.:
> >
> >  on DoPolling
> >    DoSomething
> >    if "DoPolling" is not in the pendingMessages
> then
> >      send "DoPolling" to me in 200 millisecs
> >    end if
> >  end DoPolling
> 
> I agree so much that I think that the engine itself
> could ignore sent  
> messages that are already in the pending messages
> except when the  
> delay is zero.
> 
> Best regards from Paris,
> Eric Chatonet.
> 

Hi Eric et al,

While I can see the advantages of Revolution
'collapsing' requests, I'm not sure this should be the
default behaviour - and definitely not if there are
parameters involved, as the sequence then becomes very
important.
Plus, what about timers that run every minute?

Jan Schenkel.

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