01:01 <SeanTAllen> Hi everyone, we are considering dropping prebuilt Linux binaries. Info is available here: https://pony.groups.io/g/user/topic/we_re_considering_dropping/4993866?p=,,,20,0,0,0::recentpostdate%2Fsticky,,,20,2,0,4993866

06:21 <FunkyBob> so, I'm toying about writing a simple UDP server... following the example

06:22 <FunkyBob> just wondering how my UPNotify instance gets access to, well, anything

06:22 <FunkyBob> am struggling with scoping, basically

06:30 <FunkyBob> I suppose I could sub-class UDPSocket...

06:41 <FunkyBob> or not

06:55 <endformationage> FunkyBob: I assume you are using this example?: https://stdlib.ponylang.org/net-UDPSocket/

10:47 <SeanTAllen> A new "Last Week in Pony" is out. Catch up on your Pony new and info: Catch up on your Pony news and information from last week: https://www.ponylang.org/blog/2017/04/last-week-in-pony---april-30-2017/

10:47 <SeanTAllen> FunkyBob: you still around?

11:14 <SeanTAllen> FunkyBob: the echo server example is a good start to how you do network programming in Pony. Its for TCP but the same patterns apply to UDP: https://github.com/ponylang/ponyc/blob/master/examples/echo/echo.pony. Additionally, the code is somewhat out of date, but when I wrote the original version of that echo server, I also did a blog post to go along with

11:14 <SeanTAllen> it that breaks down how it all works: http://www.monkeysnatchbanana.com/2015/12/13/deconstructing-a-pony-echo-server/

11:16 <SeanTAllen> FunkyBob: there's no subclassing in Pony. if you have time, I'd love if you could email me and we could talk about how you've gone about learning so far. It helps give me ideas on how we can improve the experience for folks who are learning.

11:51 <FunkyBob> back

11:55 <FunkyBob> SeanTAllen: so far my learning has been reading the tutorial a couple of times, and starting to play

11:56 <FunkyBob> however, looking at some samples it seems the language has evolved somewhat since I last read the tutorial

12:15 <FunkyBob> sleep time

12:34 <SeanTAllen> FunkyBob: when did you last read the tutorial?

22:01 <FunkyBob> SeanTAllen: few months ago... a refresh wouldn't hurt

22:56 <SeanTAllen> did you read it front to back? jump around? it's pretty dense. i'm always curious how folks approach it.

23:25 <FunkyBob> SeanTAllen: I originally read it from the start, in order

23:36 <FunkyBob> ok, so I can't use inheritance... and composition is the thing... so, how do I give my connection handler access to shared state?