Hi Christoph --

> [...] there is a real need for busy waiting. :-)

Well, you just want to simulate some work. Yes, using a busyWait implementation is one way of doing it. There are others. At best, you would do some actual domain-specific work for your test. Then it would be a good test. ;-)

Best,
Marcel
Am 05.05.2022 21:26:48 schrieb Thiede, Christoph <christoph.thiede at student.hpi.uni-potsdam.de>:
This could be good future work. But as described earlier, there is a real need for busy waiting. :-)

Best,
Christoph
Von: Squeak-dev <squeak-dev-bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org> im Auftrag von tim Rowledge <tim at rowledge.org>
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 5. Mai 2022 20:40:38
An: The general-purpose Squeak developers list
Betreff: Re: [squeak-dev] Review Request: fix-busyWait-precision.1.cs
 
The better solution would be to implement very short duration Delays properly.

tim
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