Cell::trace(...) inclusion poll

[clinuxrulz]

See: https://github.com/SodiumFRP/sodium-typescript/pull/73

Basically used for when the value type of a cell contains newly constructed sodium object that accumulate state (such as a cell::calm used inside a cell value).

• include Cell::trace(...)
• don't you dare.

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[dakom]

lol... I saw the widget and tried clicking it before reading the text because I thought it was a demo of something you're working on.. lol... so, uhh, discount my vote

[clinuxrulz]

I've used Cell::trace quite heavily in two web apps already, to keep things alive which may not be observe at the moment but may be observed later by a switchC etc.

It is sort of like Rust's Trace trait in that it gives sodium the ability to track sodium objects within the cell's value.

I think its a very useful primitive, i'm just having trouble convincing others. So it may just end up in a separate sodium utility library one day.

[the-real-blackh]

Sorry about my lack of responsiveness. I think this is excellent, so please add it. Something like this is definitely needed and I think this is a really good solution.

I am a bit concerned about the name, though. It suggests debugging - which is not what it does. Could you call it something like "track" or "tracking" instead? 'tracking' might be nice because it reads declaratively, but short is good too. You can make the decision.

[clinuxrulz]

I'm happy with "tracking". I'll leave it to the weekend to fix her up.

[the-real-blackh]

Huge gratitude, once again!