Evaluate argument to instant
/atomic
atomically, as a special case
#2271
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Since Swarm is strict, the way an application
instant c
works is as follows:instant
to a value (immediately succeeds since it is just a constant)c
to a valueinstant c
, by atomically executing the command represented byc
Usually, step (2) succeeds almost instantly as well. For example if
c
is something likemove; move; turn right; move
then it just instantly turns into a command value. However,c
could be something likedef x = (expensive pure expression) end; other stuff
in which case evaluatingc
will cause the definition ofx
to be (expensively) evaluated.This PR rectifies the situation by ensuring that not only are
instant
/atomic
executed atomically, but also their argument is evaluated atomically. Fixes #2270.