For example, an application would be a server program that is controlable by a user through some kind of commands. In other words, a server program with CUI. Currently I could do it by csi, since it does not block the server thread, but what if I would like to compile it into a single executable? Would char-ready? help?
Thanks, Daishi At Sun, 17 Jul 2005 09:01:48 +0200, felix winkelmann wrote: > > On 7/15/05, Daishi Kato <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > How could I make the standard (read) non-blocking? > > > > Sorry, but currently I/O from stdio and files is fully blocking. > The reason why the REPL doesn't seem to block is due to a clever > hack (originally by Chris Double) that performs a select(2) before > actually reading an expression. Doing the same for every input would > be too much and would slow down I/O unnecessarily (and Chicken's > I/O isn't particularly fast in the first place). > > Do you have a particular application in mind? Perhaps we can find > a workaround. > > > cheers, > felix _______________________________________________ Chicken-users mailing list Chicken-users@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/chicken-users
