[Stackless] Realistic ticking and acting

[stackless at kaishaku.org]

> > I really do think you're making things more complex than they need to
> > be. I've attached a (very rough) cleanup of your Ticker5.py; I don't
> > think it'll make the list but it should get to you.  Let me know if it
> > doesn't.
> > 
> > 
> > -Grant
> 
> Ticker5 was a behemoth, I just wanted you to see the output and intent.
> Your modifications take away much of the functionality and without the
> time.sleep(0.5) in the ticker continuity in your modification is lost.
> 
> I think it is best we forget about the Ticker5 code and focus on its
> output to understand my intent. However, Ticker7 does most of the same
> with much less work in the code, so perhaps forget Ticker5 altogether.
> 
> Here is simple code:
> 
>   http://kaishaku.org/Ticker7simple.py
> 
> It works as expected and is easy to understand.
> 
> Attempting to convert to stackless I have problems right away:
> 
>   http://kaishaku.org/Ticker7simplestackless.py
> 
> I have simply created a tasklet for each actor, the ticker,
> and given each actor a channel. Already there is a bug where
> ticks are coming too fast, or actions don't happen for a tick.
> 
> Why?

Gah, because of the old call to self.act(), forgot about that.

I would still like to see how others implement this in Stackless.

-- 
 kai

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