actors "spawn" only works if the pool is named "a" about nim HOT 3 CLOSED

The following patch fixes the issue:

--- a/lib/pure/actors.nim   Wed Nov 30 19:52:09 2011 +0100
+++ b/lib/pure/actors.nim   Sat Dec 03 17:24:02 2011 +0100
@@ -129,24 +129,24 @@
 template schedule =
   # extremely simple scheduler: We always try the first thread first, so that
   # it remains 'hot' ;-). Round-robin hurts for keeping threads hot.
-  for i in 0..high(a.actors):
-    if a.actors[i].i.ready:
-      a.actors[i].i.send(t)
+  for i in 0..high(p.actors):
+    if p.actors[i].i.ready:
+      p.actors[i].i.send(t)
       return
   # no thread ready :-( --> send message to the thread which has the least
   # messages pending:
   var minIdx = 0
   var minVal = high(int)
-  for i in 0..high(a.actors):
-    var curr = a.actors[i].i.peek
+  for i in 0..high(p.actors):
+    var curr = p.actors[i].i.peek
     if curr == 0:
       # ok, is ready now:
-      a.actors[i].i.send(t)
+      p.actors[i].i.send(t)
       return
     if curr < minVal:
       minVal = curr
       minIdx = i
-  a.actors[minIdx].i.send(t)
+  p.actors[minIdx].i.send(t)
 
 proc spawn*[TIn, TOut](p: var TActorPool[TIn, TOut], input: TIn,
                        action: proc (input: TIn): TOut {.thread.}

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I chose my examples poorly :( The patch works whatever the name of the pool (the fact that you need to use "p" in the "schedule" template is due to the parameter name in spawn, not the name in my example)

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Thanks.

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