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"I guess you could always cap off the exponential interval increases at some max interval, making it basically a repeating timer." No you MUST have a max inter
by peheje 3y ago
"I guess you could always cap off the exponential interval increases at some max interval, making it basically a repeating timer."
No you MUST have a max interval cap. Exponentials and all, you'll soon be waiting days or months for a retry.
- mmac_ 3y agoIt's ok, if you wait long enough it'll go back down to a small number. Or maybe a negative number and then the car crashes? Please cap your numbers for both user experience reasons, and safety reasons. Yes, have dealt with this before. Nothing like doing a fault analysis and telling someone that it'll fix itself in a few months. A capped fibonacci sequence is a very common back off timer.