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var Q = require("q");
var HTTP = require("q-http");
function httpReadRetry(url, timeout, times) {
return HTTP.read(url)
.then(function (content) {
return content;
}, function (error) {
if (times == 0)
throw new Error("Can't read " + JSON.stringify(url));
@briancavalier
briancavalier / simple-promise-retry.js
Created February 24, 2011 18:35
A few general patterns for retries using promises
function keepTrying(otherArgs, promise) {
promise = promise||new Promise();
// try doing the important thing
if(success) {
promise.resolve(result);
} else {
setTimeout(function() {
keepTrying(otherArgs, promise);
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minrk / Retina Figures.ipynb
Created August 9, 2012 04:37
2x plots for Retina displays with matplotlib and the IPython Notebook
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