From f5185860ef7dde09041f4e35b6a1efbbcfc7a0ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Roland Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:21:56 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] amend one place in docs referring to blocking system.actorOf --- akka-docs/rst/general/actor-systems.rst | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/akka-docs/rst/general/actor-systems.rst b/akka-docs/rst/general/actor-systems.rst index 99df8bd334..22768a7342 100644 --- a/akka-docs/rst/general/actor-systems.rst +++ b/akka-docs/rst/general/actor-systems.rst @@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ Actor Best Practices #. Top-level actors are the innermost part of your Error Kernel, so create them sparingly and prefer truly hierarchical systems. This has benefits wrt. fault-handling (both considering the granularity of configuration and the - performance) and it also reduces the number of blocking calls made, since - the creation of top-level actors involves synchronous messaging. + performance) and it also reduces the strain on the guardian actor, which is + a single point of contention if over-used. Blocking Needs Careful Management ---------------------------------