$SynchronousEvaluation
is a symbol whose value is True if it is evaluated as part of a synchronous evaluation.
Details
- A synchronous evaluation is generally triggered by controls in the front end. Controls that may generate synchronous evaluations include Button, EventHandler, and any control that takes a Dynamic value.
- Manipulate may trigger synchronous evaluations, depending upon the value of the SynchronousUpdating and SynchronousInitialization options.
- A synchronous evaluation is the same as a preemptive evaluation. Some controls, such as Button and EventHandler, support an option setting of Method->"Preemptive", which causes the control's evaluations to be synchronous.
- Synchronous evaluations halt the system while being evaluated. A typical use of $SynchronousEvaluation is to write code that should behave differently to prevent halting the system excessively.
Examples
open allclose allBasic Examples (2)
Typical shift-return evaluations are asynchronous:
Evaluations within Dynamic are synchronous by default:
Scope (2)
Evaluations within DynamicModule Initialization are synchronous by default:
Manipulate has a different default for SynchronousUpdating:
Properties & Relations (3)
By default, Button and similar constructs do synchronous evaluation:
With the option Method->"Queued", the evaluation is done asynchronously:
Synchronous evaluation in Dynamic is controlled by the SynchronousUpdating option:
The initialization of DynamicModule is controlled by the SynchronousInitialization option:
Text
Wolfram Research (2015), $SynchronousEvaluation, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$SynchronousEvaluation.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2015. "$SynchronousEvaluation." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$SynchronousEvaluation.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2015). $SynchronousEvaluation. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$SynchronousEvaluation.html