From d8001da79909734d333de31079ca2f4d884a6b21 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "chris@chriszimmerman.net" Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 20:59:18 -0400 Subject: Added an alternative way to fire up a process in Elixir. --- elixir.html.markdown | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) (limited to 'elixir.html.markdown') diff --git a/elixir.html.markdown b/elixir.html.markdown index c8599838..9fdf37e9 100644 --- a/elixir.html.markdown +++ b/elixir.html.markdown @@ -384,6 +384,8 @@ end # Compile the module and create a process that evaluates `area_loop` in the shell pid = spawn(fn -> Geometry.area_loop() end) #=> #PID<0.40.0> +#Alternatively +pid = spawn(Geometry, :area_loop, []) # Send a message to `pid` that will match a pattern in the receive statement send pid, {:rectangle, 2, 3} -- cgit v1.2.3 From 65f951d87c80deff6c447faa4690dcfe1bb4d36a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "chris@chriszimmerman.net" Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2015 19:37:47 -0400 Subject: Added documentation on receive do blocks in Elixir. --- elixir.html.markdown | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) (limited to 'elixir.html.markdown') diff --git a/elixir.html.markdown b/elixir.html.markdown index 9fdf37e9..60f0b01c 100644 --- a/elixir.html.markdown +++ b/elixir.html.markdown @@ -369,6 +369,13 @@ spawn(f) #=> #PID<0.40.0> # messages to the process. To do message passing we use the `send` operator. # For all of this to be useful we need to be able to receive messages. This is # achieved with the `receive` mechanism: + +# The `receive do` block is used to listen for messages and process +# them when they are received. A `receive do` block will only +# process one received message. In order to process multiple +# messages, a function with a `receive do` block must recursively +# call itself to get into the `receive do` block again. + defmodule Geometry do def area_loop do receive do -- cgit v1.2.3 From 07e04e7a2d0f2b7269e4495c338b039a30f70e64 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "chris@chriszimmerman.net" Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2015 20:49:58 -0400 Subject: Fixed spacing with Elixir comment. --- elixir.html.markdown | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'elixir.html.markdown') diff --git a/elixir.html.markdown b/elixir.html.markdown index 60f0b01c..eedeb227 100644 --- a/elixir.html.markdown +++ b/elixir.html.markdown @@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ end # Compile the module and create a process that evaluates `area_loop` in the shell pid = spawn(fn -> Geometry.area_loop() end) #=> #PID<0.40.0> -#Alternatively +# Alternatively pid = spawn(Geometry, :area_loop, []) # Send a message to `pid` that will match a pattern in the receive statement -- cgit v1.2.3