TCP library
Martin Wierich
martinw@cs.kun.nl
Fri, 5 Feb 1999 17:13:22 +0100
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