15:26 <steven_is_false> I heard Pony Lang doesn't have locks but isn't this a lock http://pastebin.com/A4r5fntk ?

15:33 <jemc_> steven_is_false: you're right that your snippet will work much like a lock, because the actor acts as a gatekeeper for operations on the data

15:34 <jemc> I still wouldn't really call it one, for a couple reasons

15:35 <jemc> one is that any operations on the data will have to happen asynchronously with respect to the caller, so the lock cannot possibly block the calling behaviour of the calling actor

15:38 <jemc> another is that, due to the semantics of Pony and the restrictions enforces by the compiler and type system, it's not possible to set up a situation where you're accessing the underlying data in an unsafe way, due to forgetting to use the lock, or misusing it

17:03 <aav> at the moment stdout (and stderr) are set to be line buffered if they are not attached to tty. how about making it more flexible?

17:03 <aav> or, at least, adding flush() to StdStream

17:24 <SeanTAllen> i thought this had come up before but i can't find anything about it in RFCs or ponyc repo. Might have just come up during a development sync. aav this seems like a good candidate for an RFC.

17:27 <aav> SeanTAllen: ok. I will come up with the rfc draft

19:51 <SeanTAllen> awesome aav

19:51 <SeanTAllen> if you have any questions about the RFC process, ping me or jemc

22:19 <aav> SeanTAllen: sure, I will!