Re: [Emc-developers] using the dummysig trick (was Re: pid with derivative inputs)

[andy p. <bod...@gm...>]

On 31 October 2010 at 15:53, Jeff Epler <je...@un...> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 12:55:13PM -0400, Stephen Wille Padnos wrote:
>> In fact, a full set of functions might as well be defined:
>> pin_has_reader()
>> pin_has_writer()
>> pin_is_connected()
>> (has_writer() and has_reader() also imply is_connected()==true)
>
> Of these, only the last can be determined with the dummysig trick; the
> other two presently require taking the HAL lock and traversal of a
> linked list.

I have no recollection of an API being added. So, before I go ahead
and use the dummysig trick in a component, did we reach consensus
about whether it is to be encouraged, deprecated or  abhorred?

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