[REBOL] Re: system/ports/wait-list usage
From: rebol-list2:seznam:cz at: 3-Jan-2003 14:08
Hello Gabriele,
Tuesday, December 24, 2002, 12:05:41 PM, you wrote:
GS> Hi RebOldes,
GS> On Monday, December 23, 2002, 2:33:59 AM, you wrote:
R>> is there any reason for that?
GS> Because it does not have much sense to have a timeout there. :-)
Of course there is the reason... I need to call some functions and
not to stop the wait cycle
R>> How to use the system/ports/wait-list
R>> with possibility to have timeouts if the system is iddle (so I can do
R>> some tasks)
GS> insert tail system/ports/wait-list p
GS> wait 0:00:01
R>> is it better to use port's awake function (in the handler object) to
GS> I think so, when possible. I find it much more cleaner.
As I was working on IRC client which is able to handle more
connections at once, I made some tests.... first I made irc-protocol and
then used my own wait-list and port-handlers-block (simillar as in the
Rugby), just because the behavior of the system/ports/wait-list is strange.
It was working, but after some time, excet the last irc connection the
other were closed somehow.
So I made it as simple open/lines/direct/no-wait (without protocol) and it's working.
I think we will have to wait since the async-ports will be finished and Carl
will give us some documentation (for example what exactly means the
port-flags and how works the event cycle - what's going on when we do
wait wait-list)
GS> Regards,
GS> Gabriele.
GS> --
GS> Gabriele Santilli <[g--santilli--tiscalinet--it]> -- REBOL Programmer
GS> Amigan -- AGI L'Aquila -- REB: http://web.tiscali.it/rebol/index.r
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