Did I mention this is all under Win32? Using Perl 5.6?
"Rocco Caputo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> On Mon, May 31, 2004 at 02:01:38PM +1000, Leigh Sharpe wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > Is it possible to pass information between states using
> > POE::Component::Clinet::Ping?
> > What I'm trying to do is ping the same target 5 times in succession,
and
> > then see if all pings come back in the same order as they left. I need
to be
> > able to tell, in the got_pong state, which packet has caused the state
to be
> > called. Under certain network conditoins, packets may come back out of
> > order, and I need to know what order they arrived in. The request time
isn't
> > precise enough to tell.
> > Any ideas?
>
> Please ignore my previous message. The SYNOPSIS code I copied has
> errors. A new POE::Component::Client::Ping with better documentation
> is on its way to the CPAN.
>
> Meanwhile...
>
> A single session cannot request multiple pings for the same address at
> the same time. The component uses the session ID and request address
> as a key into its internal data structures. A subsequent request will
> overwrite a previous identical one.
>
> There is a workaround, however. The program could create six
> sessions. Five would manage simultaneous pings, and a sixth would
> trigger them in order and gather their responses.
>
> -- Rocco Caputo
