Actor wakeup

[dkhan11]

Hi again,

I'm trying to use the wakeupAfter function with no real success. It works but I might just not understand how it supposed to work...
Example:
class MyActor(Actor):

def receiveMessage(self, message, sender):
    self.wakeupAfter(timedelta(seconds=0.5))

hello = ActorSystem().createActor(MyActor)
ActorSystem().ask(hello, message, 1)

Shouldn't this code just run in a loop forever? I manage to receive the WakupMessage but only if I specify a high timeout for the 'ask', like this:
ActorSystem().ask(hello, message, 10)

What is the right approach for starting an actor and just let it run in a loop without waiting forever for responses? what is the right approach for just starting an actor and let it run forever?

Thanks for the help.
DD.

[dkhan11]

I have tried to just send the message from the actor, just like you did in your examples:
self.send(self.myAddress, WakeupMessage(timedelta(seconds=2)))

It works but for some reason the delayed period is ignored and it just fires rapidly instead of the 2 seconds delay.
Is this the right way to do so?

Thanks,
DD.

[davinellulinvega]

Hello,

Try to simply do something like:

hello = ActorSystem().createActor(MyActor)
ActorSystem().tell(hello, None)  # None is used in place of a real message here

With the implementation of your MyActor class as it is, the first message sent by the ActorSystem will be received immediately by hello and trigger the loop. Subsequent messages should be of type WakeupMessage and trigger further wakeup calls.
Hence, implementing the kind of forever loop you are asking for.

Sincerely.

[dkhan11]

Got it, thanks! I will use it.

[kwquick]

Thank you @davinellulinvega for providing assistance on this while I was out travelling!

@dkhan11, please feel free to post (either here or on the thespian.py grouplist) if you encounter any additional troubles.

Regards,
Kevin