Re: Non-system asyncs

[Marius Vollmer]

Neil Jerram <address@hidden> writes:

> I like your work and docs on system asyncs.  But I still don't see
> what the point of non-system asyncs is -- they seem to be the same as
> hooks, but with a less convenient interface.

I'd say they are somewhat different from hooks in that you can decide
'dynamically' which procedures to call.  It is probably awkward to try
to implement user asnycs with hooks.  But I agree that they feel a bit
out of place, next to the system asyncs that provide a 'real'
low-level service that you couldn't get otherwise.

> Couldn't we deprecate (and later remove) non-system asyncs?

Hmm, are they causing harm?

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