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Jan 12, 2022
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function* p5(sketch) {
const element = DOM.element("div");
// p5.js really likes its target element to already be in the DOM, not just
// floating around detached. So, before we call P5, we yield it, which puts
// in the DOM.
yield element;
// This is ‘instance mode’ in p5 jargon: instead of relying on lots of
// globals, we create a sketch that has its own copy of everything under p5.
const instance = new P5(sketch, element, true);
// This is the tricky part: when you run P5(sketch, element), it starts a
// loop that updates the drawing a bunch of times a second. If we were just
// to call P5 repeatedly with different arguments, the loops would all keep
// running, one on top of the other. So what we do is we use this cell
// as a generator, and then when that generator is interrupted, like
// when you update the code in the sketch() method, then we call instance.remove()
// to clean it up.
try {
while (true) {
yield element;
}
} finally {
instance.remove();
}
}
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