async question

[Jacob Goodson]

I wrote some simple code to test the new async functionality but it is not working as I expect it to.  I thought this would print both statements roughly at the same time but it only prints mom cooks.    

Stopwatch mom = new Stopwatch();

Stopwatch dad = new Stopwatch();

Duration dur = new Duration(seconds: 1);

mymom() async {

  mom.start();

  while(true){

    if(mom.elapsed > dur){

      print('mom cooks'); //obviously

      mom.reset();

    }

  }

}

mydad() async {

  dad.start();

  while(true){

    if(dad.elapsed > dur){

      print('dad works');

      dad.reset();

    }

  } 

}

main() {

  mymom();

  mydad();

  print('also true');

}

[TM]

Remember Dart is single-threaded. `Mom` executes strictly before `dad`;
there aren't two infinite loops running in parallel.

If you want to interleave the output, this will do it:

https://gist.github.com/mockturtl/97c0e692034888524f74


Notice removing the `async` modifier blows up the stack.

TM

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[Jacob Goodson]

Thanks for the information.  Will this eventually result in a stack overflow?