Re: Long Polling

[Eric Wong <normalperson-rMlxZR9MS24@public.gmane.org>]

Alexander <insinium-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Please, could anybody explain how to create simple long polling app
> with rainbows?

Hi Alexander,

I'm not sure if anybody has actually written one for Rainbows!, but I
think they usually include sleeping or using async.callback like
async_sinatra[1].

For the concurrency models that appear synchronous, you can check out
t/sleep.ru in the test cases for sleep examples:

  (case env['rainbows.model']
  when :FiberPool, :FiberSpawn
    Rainbows::Fiber
  when :Revactor
    Actor
  else # :ThreadPool, :ThreadSpawn
    Kernel
  end).sleep(nr)

I may put that logic into a env["async.sleep"] callback in places where
env["async.callback"] is not available so the synchronous-looking
concurrency models can all share the same code.

If you're using EventMachine, NeverBlock (and in future versions: Rev,
RevThreadSpawn, RevThreadPool, EventMachineDefer,
EventMachineThreadSpawn), you can use "async.callback" or just use
async_synatra which uses "async.callback" internally.

[1] http://github.com/raggi/async_sinatra

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Eric Wong
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