Uri Guttman wrote:
>
> >>>>> "NI" == Nick Ing-Simmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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> NI> The Tk event loop works (after a fashion) on Win32 and is a
> NI> self-contained XS module Tk::Event (Tk uses Tk::Event rather than
> NI> vice versa). The snag is that 'fileevent' is seriously flawed on
> NI> Win32 - e.g. you cannot wait for a 'listen' socket to be readable,
> NI> nor on pipes, nor console. Basically only 'data' sockets work.
> NI> The PerlIO stuff is intended to allow that to be fixed the same
> NI> way Tcl/Tk fixed it - by using per-handle versions of read() etc.
> NI> rather than C run-times flawed faking of UNIX semantics.
>
> well, i need the socket stuff in particular. how does the redmond
> perl/tk handle that?
Preliminary testing shows that Perl's native select() works OK on Win32
sockets. Perhaps Tk::Event could be used for everything else.
