[tkined] after/job in foreach loop creates a loss of program flow?

From: Matthew Levine (mlevine@cisco.com)
Date: Fri Oct 27 2000 - 23:34:37 MET DST

Hi,

I've been using the after command to implement packet retries and I
noticed that when the after callback executes, I lose my context in the
for loop its in.

A little code might help....

foreach host $hosts {
        set msgid [send_packet $host]
        set rx($msgid) [after $timeout [list send_packet $host]]
}

On the receive side I cancel the after command when I receive an ack for
the packet I send.

The problem is, if that after callback ever gets executed, I lose my
place in the for loop and send_packet isn't called for the rest of the
$hosts.

I've tried to replace the after code with the job command from Scotty
but get the same result.

Is there a reason why this happens and how I can workaround it?

E-mail responses preferred.

Thanks,
Matthew 

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