akka/akka-core

Document prefix and tail needing to submaterialize

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#28,334 opened on Dec 9, 2019

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Description

We should point out in the docs that you must materialize the tail or else it will potentially keep upstream alive forever.

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Add a note in the documentation explaining that the tail must be materialized to avoid keeping the upstream alive indefinitely.
Tech stack
scala
Domain
backenddistributed systems
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Documentation
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1
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Under 1 hour
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Active
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Clear
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ScalaAkka
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80