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working on the API part of CCW. First, facilities to have code executed on the UI thread, asynchronously and non blocking, or blocking (synchronously or asynchronously)
;; Which solution would be preferred as an API over SWT Display.syncExec Display.asyncExec ?
;; In java you do this:
;; Display.syncExec( -> ...)
;; Display.asyncExec( -> ...)
(require '[ccw.swt :as swt])
;; O
(swt/sync-exec
... macro body ...)
(swt/async-exec
... macro body ...)
(swt/sync-exec* function)
(swt/async-exec* function)
;; 1
(swt/sync
... macro body ...)
(swt/async
... macro body ...)
(swt/sync* function)
(swt/async* function)
;; 1a
(swt/do-sync
... macro body ...)
(swt/do-async
... macro body ...)
(swt/sync function)
(swt/async function)
;; 2
(swt/ui-sync
... macro body ...)
(swt/ui-async
... macro body ...)
(swt/ui-sync* function)
(swt/ui-async* function)
;; 3
(swt/display-sync
... macro body ...)
(swt/display-async
... macro body ...)
(swt/display-sync* function)
(swt/display-async* function)
;; 4
(swt/do-display-sync
... macro body ...)
(swt/do-display-async
... macro body ...)
(swt/display-sync function)
(swt/display-async function)
;; variants with pending ! to indicate I/O ?
;; O
(swt/sync-exec!
... macro body ...)
(swt/async-exec!
... macro body ...)
(swt/sync-exec!* function)
(swt/async-exec!* function)
;; V1
(swt/sync!
... macro body ...)
(swt/async!
... macro body ...)
(swt/sync!* function)
(swt/async!* function)
;; V1a
(swt/do-sync
... macro body ...)
(swt/doasync
... macro body ...)
(swt/sync! function)
(swt/async! function)
;; V2
(swt/ui-sync!
... macro body ...)
(swt/ui-async!
... macro body ...)
(swt/ui-sync!* function)
(swt/ui-async!* function)
;; V3
(swt/display-sync!
... macro body ...)
(swt/display-async!
... macro body ...)
(swt/display-sync!* function)
(swt/display-async!* function)
;; V4
(swt/do-display-sync ;; or do-display-sync! ?
... macro body ...)
(swt/do-display-async
... macro body ...)
(swt/display-sync! function)
(swt/display-async! function)
@arichiardi
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For the functions, I like:

(swt/sync! function)
(swt/async! function)

@arichiardi
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For macro:

(swt/do-sync
  ... macro body ...)
(swt/do-async
  ... macro body ...)

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