>
> BM> Of course I know regexes are evil, index() is much better in
> performance,
> BM> but it still doesn't solve what I am truly after, and that is
> a select()
> BM> that returns when a complete line of data is available, not just a few
> BM> characters.
>
> would it be possible for you to swi
At 06:58 AM 3/1/2004, Brian Michalk wrote:
The root of the problem is that I need to use something like select() to
tell me when there is data without blocking the entire process. Some data
comes in character at a time whereas others come in line at a time.
The problem is that select() doesn't pla
> -Original Message-
> From: Jochen Stenzel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 3:06 AM
> To: Brian Michalk
> Cc: Rocco Caputo; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: New Guy Questions
>
>
>
> Hello, Brian,
>
> BM> while (
Hello, Brian,
BM> while ($$data =~ s/^(.*?\n)//) {
$self->>process_command($1);
BM> }
BM> That little regex in there is killing my performance. If one uses select,
BM> one must expect to read partial or multiple lines. That means that one must
BM> search for line terminators, and that
]
> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 4:46 PM
> To: Brian Michalk
> Subject: Re: New Guy Questions
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 01, 2004 at 08:58:43AM -0600, Brian Michalk wrote:
> > I have a base class that abstracts out a lot of file handle
> handling. It
> > manages, FIFOs, soc
I have a base class that abstracts out a lot of file handle handling. It
manages, FIFOs, sockets, STDIO, and reading of device drivers.
The root of the problem is that I need to use something like select() to
tell me when there is data without blocking the entire process. Some data
comes in char
