Nick Ing-Simmons wrote:
>
> Uri Guttman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >>>>>> "SL" == Steve Lidie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > SL> Nick Ing-Simmons wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Steve Lidie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > >> >
> > >> >Preliminary testing shows that Perl's native select() works OK on Win32
> > >> >sockets.
> > >>
> > >> Hmm, even for listen sockets?
> >
> > SL> Now you've got me.... didn't try that.
> >
> >select on listen sockets is critical for event loops. i trust nick's
> >experience here.
>
> _I_ don't. Older Tk's used select() 'cos the Win32 port was basically just
> a clone of the UNIX port. fileevent worked quite well. Then I switched
> in the "real" Tcl/Tk Win32 stuff (but minus Tcl_Channel) and things got
> worse. Since then I have been messing with it. I am more than willing to
> believe that using select() might work.
>
> >but try it out anyway.
I'll have no win32 access time until this weekend at the earliest... but
I'll see what I can discover.
