V5 Callback Function, How to use???

VEX V5 Technical Support
#1

I noticed in VCS that there’s a vex task call back function to bring the code back to an earlier line and i was wondering if anybody could explain to me how to use task::stop(callbackfuntion) ??

#2

That works just like stopTask in ROBOTC.
If a task has been started, task::stop will stop it.
(fyi, there will be minor updates to this API in next VCS release)

#3

So I didn’t use RobotC, but also I’m wondering is there a way to bring a program say it was on line 30 could I use it to say go back to line 10? This maybe completely wrong but i thought that was what the callback function was called?

#4

A callback function is when a function calls another. In this case, a callback is a function you define that you want the task to run. When you construct a task with a callback function, a task is created in parallel that runs along the main task, just like startTask() in robot c, executing the function. Except, in place of defining a task and using it as the argument, you define a callback function and use it as the argument for the task constructor.

#5 
int foo() {
  int count = 0;

  while(1) {
    Brain.Screen.printAt( 10, 50, "I am running %d", count++ );
    vex::task::sleep(10);
  }
  
  return(0);
}

int main() {
  // start another task
  vex::task newtask( foo );
  
  // wait
  vex::task::sleep(3000);

  // now stop task
  vex::task::stop( foo );  
}
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#6

I think you’re thinking of a GOTO type command, which are wildly frowned upon as they are very bad programming practice. If you’re in C, doing something like

do {
     line 10 stuff;
     line 11-29 stuff;
} while (thing you were going to test for on line 30);

would be the proper way. Loop commands like these were implemented to escape the tyranny of GOTO.

#7

Sorry to comment on a somewhat outdated thread. I’ve used the above example to create another task, and that works fine… but how do you initialize two tasks within the main method?

For example, if I want to create a task for flywheel


int flywheel()

and a task for arm control


int armControl()

… I get an error when trying to do the following (as an example- not actual code):

int main() {
vex::task newtask( flywheel);
vex::task newtask( armControl);
}
#8

You are naming both tasks “newtask” use a unique name each time.

#9

Gahhhh. Thought that was the method to create a new task. Makes sense. Thanks!

#10

The vex::Task is creating a task object named x. Just like
int newTask is an int object.

#11

Does the call back function work with all the commands? If I put motor.rotateFor() inside the callback function, the motor does not move at all. So, I have to put the code inside the main body instead of inside a callback function. Are there any restrictions for what statements can be put inside the call back function?

#12

You can’t use object’s methods as tasks. You’ll need static functions instead. Now, you could make a function that is pretty much just a wrapper for a particular method, generally for a particular object.

#13

Not really. you can call methods on a global instance from pretty much anywhere.
perhaps post the code that’s not working.

#14