Re: Timeout questions

>  1. In the reference, st_netfd_poll() section:
> 
>     "If the value of timeout is -1, this function blocks
>      until a requested I/O event occurs or until the call 
>      is interrupted by st_thread_interrupt()".
> 
>     Is this true for other functions, say, st_accept(),
>     st_read(), etc.?

Yes, -1 means infinite timeout for all I/O functions taking
timeout argument.


>  2. Is there any reason why ST_UTIME_NO_TIMEOUT is not
>     in st.h (public.h)?

I guess the main reason is that "-1" is much shorter than 
"ST_UTIME_NO_TIMEOUT" :)

According to I/O function prototypes in st.h, timeout value -1 will  be
treated as (st_utime_t)-1 or -1ULL which is exactly the same as
ST_UTIME_NO_TIMEOUT.

--Gene




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