TimerSet: cancel/reset task

[schmurfy]

In my use case I wanted to use a timer to act as a buffer:

• i queue data
• I create or reset a timer so that after X seconds an action is performed
• if the queue reach or exceed a specific size an action is done and the timer is canceled

After looking at the code TimerSet might be my friend using the Concurrent::timer() api passing my actor as an executor instead of using the global pool but what I am missing is a way to cancel/reset (as in restart its countdown).

PS: Looking through the source code is like wandering in a big fair with interesting things everywhere ;)

[schmurfy]

looking more into the source code there is another issue which is the one I mentioned in the mailing list: you cannot currently retrieve a reference to the "actor" from inside the object inside/below it.

[pitr-ch]

JFYI That is fixed in Actor implementation I am working on, see #73. It is in early stages but already working. I hope it will be ready in few weeks.

[schmurfy]

thanks for the pointer :)

[jdantonio]

@schmurfy I added TimeSet as a way to simplify some of the other high-level abstractions. I expected it to evolve so thank you for the input. @pitr-ch has some great ideas regarding more efficient timers so I'm happy to let him run with it and see it evolve.

[jdantonio]

@schmurfy Can I close this, or would you prefer to keep it open until @pitr-ch gets farther with his work?

[schmurfy]

I think there is no harm in keeping it open to track it.
If nothing else this might let someone know this is being worked on.