Re: [eclipse-users] notify_ports

From: Joachim Schimpf (Independent Contractor) <jschimpf_at_cisco.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:42:01 +0100
Malcolm Ryan wrote:
> Is there any guarantee that the send_notification/2 and  
> receive_notifications/3 predicates in lib(notify_ports) will maintain  
> the order of messages? Ie, are messages always received in the same  
> order as they are sent?

Yes, the notifications for one port form a queue. The sender
appends notifications at the end, and every receiver visits
the entries independently in order.  Front entries get
discarded once they have been seen by all receivers.


-- Joachim
Received on Mon Sep 10 2007 - 10:42:07 CEST

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