[REBOL] Re: [view][crash] concurrent do-events limit.
From: maarten:vrijheid at: 29-Mar-2004 9:06
Maxim Olivier-Adlhoch wrote:
> FYI,
>
> I have found a limit (not that its really limiting, but just that its THE limit)
> on how many do-events you can call simultaneously.
>
> that limit seems to be 12!
>
> this means that if you try to go above 11 requesters deep (a requester which
> opens a requester of its own), in standard VID, rebol WILL ALWAYS crash.
>
> this is also the cause for crashing if you use VIEW instead of VIEW/NEW inside
> buttons which open new windows as each call to view will call do-events.
>
> There might be other things (like network or timer ports) which further reduce
> that limit. I have not tested if its based on a limit with the PORT handling
> itself, or an internal limit on ui-driven ports.
>
Actually... the limit should be one, as a wait inside a wait is useless:
a wait is for event processing so one is enough. Nesting waits makes no
sense. As Carl once said: "a wait is a wait" ;-)
--Maarten
