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How to use fc async to do recurring tasks

_my_task = fc::async( callable, "My Task" );
_my_task = fc::schedule( callable, "My Task 2", exec_time );

Stuff to know about the code

static_variant<t1, t2> is a union type which says "this variable may be either t1 or t2." It is serializable if t1 and t2 are both serializable.

The file operations.hpp documents the available operations, and database_fixture.hpp is a good reference for building and submitting transactions for processing.

Tests also show the way to do many things, but are often cluttered with code that generates corner cases to try to break things in every possible way.

Visitors are at the end of operations.hpp after the large typedef for operation as a static_variant. TODO: They should be refactored into a separate header.

Downcasting stuff

• You have an object_id_type and want to downcast it to a key_id_type : key_id_type( object_id )
• You have an operation_result and want to downcast it to an object_id_type : op_result.get<object_id_type>()
• Since operation_result is a static_variant, the above is also how you downcast static_variant

Debugging FC exceptions with GDB

• catch throw