Re: [Chicken-users] spiffy parameters

[felix winkelmann]

On 3/23/06, Peter Bex <address@hidden> wrote:
> >
> > Using parameters for all configuration options wasn't such a great idea
> > from the beginning. It makes sense to use parameters, when you want
> > thread-local options, but the spiffy configuration should be applied
> > to all threads anyway. Note that thread-specific parameters are still
> > that: parameters.
>
> I have to disagree.  They /were/ a very good idea, since they allow you
> to fire up multiple instances of spiffy with different configurations
> (like on several ports) from one application.

In that case a configuration object packaging all options would have been
the optimal solution. But I think running multiple spiffy instances in the
same process isn't such a great idea anyway, opposed to running them
in separate processes.


cheers,
felix