TCP library

[Martin Wierich]

Hi,

Erik Zuurbier wrote:

>>Sending and receiving data via a network can block the whole Clean program
>(I make a
>>distinction between "Clean" and "Concurrent Clean").
>
>Am I going to be able to specify a time-out
>period, after which the program would return Nope?

Yes.

Another option is to poll on a channel, whether data has arrived.
There will be a non blocking send, which buffers unsent data.
A third option is to use "Received" or "Sendable" events together
with Object IO receivers.

Martin Wierich