Thanks, that's a good idea. I'll do that if I end up making the mod. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gyepi SAM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "James Eshelman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Boston Perl Mongers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 11:25 AM Subject: Re: [Boston.pm] Telnet timeout
On Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 10:24:36AM -0500, James Eshelman wrote: > I have been extremely reluctant to modify this module and supply it with my > app. It's so much better to have people be able to get it directly from > CPAN, but I've finally reached the point where something has got to be done. > Lacking a better plan I'm just going to modify it to restart the timeout > with every byte received from the remote end, which should turn it into the > inactivity timer I need. If the throughtput penalty can be kept small it > will be a lot better than the current situation. My questions are: > > 1. Is there a better scheme? > 2. Has this already been done by someone? > 3. Advice on Telnet.pm internals? > 4. Any other thoughts, comments, caveats? I would suggest making the fix, supplying the module with your app, and sending a patch to the author(s). If it is accepted, you can stop bundling it and others will benefit too. -Gyepi Sam -- Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously. --G.K. Chesterton
