DownstreamHook / Thread

[ShatteredCasis]

Let's say I want to interpret a game response, but I want it doing so in the background of my script.. Anyone have a thought as to benefit\disadvantage of using a downstreamhook versus just creating a thread.

I realize that with downstreamhook, I have the capability of squelching the line from being seen in the client, so my questions is more from a reliability/stability point of view.

Although I'm not asking particularly for help with a specific coding issue, if you need an example, let's say I want to actively monitor instrument skill play level, inside of my instrument play script.



watchforskillupdate = {|server_string| if server_string = blah, increment skill+1 }
DownstreamHook.add("skill_watcher",watchforskillupdate)

vs...


watchforskillupdate = {while line=get if line = blah, increment skill+1 }
skill_watcher = Thread.new(watchforskillupdate.call)


Thanks!