On Dec 23, 2007 11:09 PM, Edi Weitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 06:13:43 +0100, Stanislaw Halik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > As for the reason I haven't submitted the patch to usocket itself: > > usocket is a compatibility layer, comprising of features readily > > available in most of CL implementations. With socket timeouts > > supported so far by only for LispWorks and SBCL, I believe the patch > > would have no chances of getting accepted. > > Let's do it like this: > > 1. Ask them. That doesn't cost anything. They can still offer to > support timeouts and make that a no-op for implementations which > don't have them (like Drakam does). (Also, are you sure it's only > LispWorks and SBCL? Have you checked AllegroCL for example?) > > 2. If they say yes, that's fine and I'll update Drakma to work with > the latest usocket release.
Well, I think they'll accept (a patch which fits into the usocket framework), especially since timeouts come for free in Allegro and CLISP (through a with-timeout macro and a :timeout parameter respectively). Research should be able to turn up ways to achieve the same thing in other lisps. In a portability library you generally can't be expected to implement a feature for all supported platforms. However: the more you submit with the original patch, the bigger the chances for integration. bye, Erik. _______________________________________________ drakma-devel mailing list drakma-devel@common-lisp.net http://common-lisp.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/drakma-devel
