$Bill Luebkert <> wrote: > Daniel Rychlik wrote: > >> Thanks, >> >> I will try this out. I hope it works in a multithreaded >> environment... > > There is no alarm function on Win32, so if you're on UNIX you'll be > fine. IO::Socket used to use alarm and was modified to use select > for that reason.
Not quite. The alarm function has been made to work on Win32 (I don't know how, but it is unlikely to involve real signals), but it won't be much use in a multithreaded environment on UNIX either, as you can only have one timer. Timing out socket I/O is better done with IO::Select, as $Bill implies, irrespective of the number of threads. HTH -- Brian Raven ================================= Atos Euronext Market Solutions Disclaimer ================================= The information contained in this e-mail is confidential and solely for the intended addressee(s). Unauthorised reproduction, disclosure, modification, and/or distribution of this email may be unlawful. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete it from your system. The views expressed in this message do not necessarily reflect those of Atos Euronext Market Solutions. L'information contenue dans cet e-mail est confidentielle et uniquement destinee a la (aux) personnes a laquelle (auxquelle(s)) elle est adressee. Toute copie, publication ou diffusion de cet email est interdite. Si cet e-mail vous parvient par erreur, nous vous prions de bien vouloir prevenir l'expediteur immediatement et d'effacer le e-mail et annexes jointes de votre systeme. Le contenu de ce message electronique ne represente pas necessairement la position ou le point de vue d'Atos Euronext Market Solutions. _______________________________________________ ActivePerl mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
