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20:10:34
jasom
borodust: Is there a need for -> ? Couldn't >> and ~> assume that any undecorated compound forms are to be executed?
20:12:56
borodust
-> macroexpands to special callback that can be then used by other operators as they see fit
20:15:19
borodust
essentially, >> and ~> operators work with list of lists of callbacks under the hood
20:19:15
borodust
as a quick workaround i defined (define-flow value-flow (value) (-> :generic () value)) to use in the dependent code
23:23:55
phoe
I want something to be executed every N milliseconds with an option of pausing and unpausing it.
23:38:45
axion
phoe: I would google for "Gaffer's Fix Your Time Step". This is actually a non-trivial problem.
23:39:32
phoe
Actually, I'm more than fine with delays in this case as this is not a real-time game. So half a second here, half a second there would even be acceptable.
23:51:52
phoe
axion: ugh, my implementation would be fine with something as simple and messy as (loop (when running-p (do-stuff)) (sleep 0.1))
0:00:08
phoe
Once again - I don't this need to run at a constant framerate. I want some things to occur about ten times per second on my server.
0:46:51
aeth
phoe: afaik (sleep n) is okay for what you need, you just need n to be variable based on measured time.
0:47:33
aeth
So afaik you just need a simple timer, time how long the loop takes, and then sleep the rest of the time.
0:47:47
aeth
It's not bulletproof, but it's better than (sleep 0.1) without taking days to implement