Thanks, Gabriele. Fixed! -Chad
On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 4:33 AM, gabriele renzi <rff....@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > I'm in the process of implementing a consumer for the streaming API, > but while perusing the documentation I noticed an inconsistency in > http://apiwiki.twitter.com/Streaming-API-Documentation > > """ > When a network error (TCP/IP level) is encountered, back off linearly. > Perhaps start at 250 milliseconds, double, and cap at 16 seconds. > Network layer problems are generally transitory and clear quickly. > > When a HTTP error (> 200) is returned, back off linearly. Perhaps > start with a 10 second wait, double on each subsequent failure, and > finally cap the wait at 240 seconds. > """ > > both blocks tell to use a linear backoff, but both give an example of > a geometric growth, not a linear one. > > So I guess the backof shpould actually be binary-exponential and maybe > the doc should be updated to avoid confusion. > > Hope this helps someone else :) >
