PREFIX and SUFFIX with suspend

• Date: Mon, 16 Oct 1995 10:17:47 PDT
• From:
  asb@media.mit.edu

Number one on my wish list right now is a better solution for clients to parse
output for functions that suspend.  Here's the problem.  If a function
suspends, your output looks like:

PREFIX
output before suspend
SUFFIX
output after suspend

This means it's really hard for a client to use prefix and suffix to separate
output from functions that suspend.  I would be happier if you could make
it something like:

PREFIX <taskid>
output before suspend
SUFFIX <taskid; intermediate tag>
output from other functions
PREFIX <taskid; intermediate tag>
output after suspend
SUFFIX <taskid>


I could even do this myself by hacking suspend_if_needed if it were possible
to change the prefix and suffix from within a function.  (Am I right that
that's not possible now?)

Is this a good solution?  Are there any other solutions I've missed?

Thanks.

-- Amy, asb@media.mit.edu

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