[kepler-dev] Threaded actors in the DE Domain

[ian.brown at hsbcib.com]

Edward, when I press the run button, ptolemy.actor.Manager.execute() is
called ... and this runs the model until it is stopped. At the start, the
initialize() method of this class calls setDeferringChangeRequests(true).
This basically blocks any change requests.
setDeferringChangeRequests(false) is only called in the finally clause of
the execute() method once the model has been stopped.

Ian



                                                                           
             "Edward A. Lee"                                               
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Ack, the call to executeChangeRequests() defeats the thread safety!
In fact, the code is equivalent to just doing it in line.

Why is the change request deferred?  What is the DE Director doing
when the change request is made?  Perhaps there is a bug there that
we should fix...  To find out, I would try setting a breakpoint
on the requestChange() line, and look at the state of the other
(main) thread when this request is made.  I don't understand why
the request would be ignored...

Edward


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