[REBOL] Wait Port Re:(2)
From: deryk:iitowns at: 8-Oct-2000 11:00
[holger--rebol--com] wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 07, 2000 at 05:29:47PM -0500, [ptretter--charter--net] wrote:
> > Does anyone know what the default time is that the wait commands polls the
> > port for data. Im not talking about the timeout but the time it check the
> > port to see if data is coming. How fast is that and can it be changed.
>
> Wait does not poll at all. It blocks until any of the ports you specify
> have data. This is done by calling an operating system function, not by
> busy-looping in a poll loop.
There is no timeout on the select()? If not, for those rolling their own
protocols, should there be the option at the higher Rebol level? :)
Deryk
