To summarize: If you set .value of a viewof cell to a rejected promise, or a hang-forever promise, and then you set it back to a normal value, the normal value is ignored and the error / pending status remains.
Expected behavior
I would expect setting a new value for .value to override the old value. This would be in line with the way Observable's runtime works for derived values returning rejected or pending promises, as I show in the linked notebook.
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mootari
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1 year ago
Describe the bug
Please see https://observablehq.com/d/137b4f7f2697819b for a walkthrough of the problem.
To summarize: If you set
.valueof aviewofcell to a rejected promise, or a hang-forever promise, and then you set it back to a normal value, the normal value is ignored and the error / pending status remains.To Reproduce Please see https://observablehq.com/d/137b4f7f2697819b for a reproduction.
Expected behavior I would expect setting a new value for
.valueto override the old value. This would be in line with the way Observable's runtime works for derived values returning rejected or pending promises, as I show in the linked notebook.Screenshots N/A.
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Additional context Thanks a bunch!