game network event design discussion

draft.cxx

void main()
{
	start_network();
	start_game();
}

void network(callback on_receive_a, callback on_receive_b)
{
	while(1)
	{
		auto data = network_library.receive();
		switch(data->library_packet_type)
		{
		case A:
			on_receive_a(data->payload);
			break;
		case B:
			on_receive_b(data->payload);
			break;
		}
	}
}

void on_receive_callback(byte* payload)
{
	event_system::event_queue.enqueue(
		event_parser_i_somehow_found.parse(payload)
	);
}

void game()
{
	// copy old state
	// [code omitted]

	// process events
	while(!event_system::event_queue.empty())
	{
		auto evt = event_system::event_queue.dequeue();
	}

	// render or other stuff
}