Re: [Vala] Questions on async functions

[Sam Wilson <tecywiz121 hotmail com>]

> > Q2.
> > Any hope of getting the following replaced
> > with a better syntax? :-)
> >
> >    Idle.add(async_function.callback);
> >    yield;
> >
> > Why not simply:
> >
> >    yield;
> >
> > ?
>
> Because 'yield' just stops the method until the callback resumes it. It
> does nothing else. You can for example wait for a signal this way.
> Resuming in an idle callback is just one of the possibilities.

Why not

yield Idle;

or even

yield until Idle;