futures (Re: [net2-wg] Packet interface)

[Rodrigo Fonseca]

Omprakash Gnawali wrote:
> It is still possible to use finite futures that increments every so
> many cycles of next calls, but that still does not seem "natural".

You can always emulate the 1-bit future with the integer one: in the
case you describe, you could declare 1 future, or however many you
think will absorb any burstiness you may have, and increment it at
every next() call, effectively maintaining the same number forever.