On Fri, Nov 09, 2007 at 12:09:10AM +0100, Hannah Schroeter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
> >close() can block. *boom tsst*.
> 
> On sockets, IIRC only with non-standard settings of the SO_LINGER
> option.

well, scanning a directory and writing files would also be blocking (ok,
there is aio_write, but no aio_open etc.).

poing being, the above cannot be done with libevent alone, making the whole
assignment not very well-thought out.

my initial reaction was "well, it cannot be 'blazingly fast' when it has to
work like this" :)

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