{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ReactiveSocket/reactivesocket/issues/32","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ReactiveSocket/reactivesocket/issues/32/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ReactiveSocket/reactivesocket/issues/32/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ReactiveSocket/reactivesocket/issues/32/events","html_url":"https://github.com/ReactiveSocket/reactivesocket/issues/32","id":101721689,"number":32,"title":"Why multiple distinct flow control mechanisms?","user":{"login":"rhs","id":70215,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/70215?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/rhs","html_url":"https://github.com/rhs","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rhs/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rhs/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rhs/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rhs/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rhs/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rhs/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rhs/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rhs/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/rhs/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ReactiveSocket/reactivesocket/labels/question","name":"question","color":"cc317c"}],"state":"closed","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":11,"created_at":"2015-08-18T18:34:19Z","updated_at":"2015-09-21T22:58:40Z","closed_at":"2015-09-21T22:58:40Z","body":"I'm curious why you've chosen to support these two scenarios with two distinct flow control mechanisms rather than one. At first blush they both appear to operate by granting/revoking credit, and while they have slightly different encodings for credit (absolute vs cumulative) and slightly different means for revoking credit (ttl vs cancel), I suspect there is probably a single mechanism that could accommodate both scenarios. This could be important depending on desired topologies, e.g. if you want backpressure to propogate smoothly through a given endpoint then it is important to consider what is involved in order to bridge between different flow control mechanisms."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ReactiveSocket/reactivesocket/issues/comments/142132135","html_url":"https://github.com/ReactiveSocket/reactivesocket/issues/32#issuecomment-142132135","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/ReactiveSocket/reactivesocket/issues/32","id":142132135,"user":{"login":"benjchristensen","id":813492,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/813492?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/benjchristensen","html_url":"https://github.com/benjchristensen","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/benjchristensen/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/benjchristensen/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/benjchristensen/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/benjchristensen/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/benjchristensen/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/benjchristensen/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/benjchristensen/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/benjchristensen/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/benjchristensen/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-09-21T22:58:40Z","updated_at":"2015-09-21T22:58:40Z","body":"Clarified in Protocol.md and Motivations.md."}}