The loop() method seems to cause a lot of confusion regarding its purpose, invocation, and operation. I was discussing with @dhalbert how to improve this and have some ideas...
This issue proposes:
We create a new method (network_loop(). This method handles:
WiFi network connectivity (are we connected prior to polling? What do we do if the WiFi is disconnected during the while True)
MQTT broker connectivity (are we still connected to the broker, prior to calling loop()
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loop()method seems to cause a lot of confusion regarding its purpose, invocation, and operation. I was discussing with @dhalbert how to improve this and have some ideas...This issue proposes:
network_loop(). This method handles:while True)loop()loop()pollingloop()call