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An odd "non-determinism" example from StackOverflow
It is clever, but doesn't make much sense as to how it gets its results
author | IBBoard <dev@ibboard.co.uk> |
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date | Sun, 14 Jul 2019 13:44:13 +0100 |
parents | 7bab4843aec6 |
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-module(infinirun). -export([loop/0]). % To run, call: Restarter = spawn(fun infinirun:loop/0). % Then call Restarter ! new to initiate % This does black magic and registers a public atom called "revolver", which is a process running roulette:loop/0 that can receive messages loop() -> % Indicate that we want exist signals, which are a 3-tuple of { 'EXIT', From, Reason } process_flag(trap_exit, true), receive new -> % Start a new process io:format("Creating and monitoring process.~n"), register(revolver, spawn_link(fun roulette:loop/0)), loop(); {'EXIT', From, Reason} -> io:format("The shooter ~p died with reason ~p. Restarting…~n", [From, Reason]), % Send ourselves a message to register a new process self() ! new, loop() end.