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From: Gavin Lambert (boost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2019-07-14 23:02:55
On 12/07/2019 12:42, Christopher Pisz wrote:
> I am trying to perform a task on an interval and I made a POC using
> boost::asio::steady_timer. When I debug it, it only performs the
> callback once and does not fire again. I am not sure what I am doing
> wrong. Any suggestions?
I can't see any particular reason why this shouldn't work.
Have you tried it in older versions of Boost.Asio? It wouldn't surprise
me if somewhere in the switchover to io_contexts and executors,
something has broken the execution guarantees.
In particular I think timers are implemented with a helper thread, so
it's marshalling work between two different contexts, and it wouldn't
surprise me if there were a moment when the outer context doesn't have
any work but the inner context does.
Most apps wouldn't notice since they use a work/run loop to keep the
context running when there's no "work".
(I really think Asio has become too complicated for its own good.)
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