Re: redmond event loop

[email protected] (Uri Guttman)
Newsgroups perl.loop
Message-ID <[email protected].>
>>>>> "NI" == Nick Ing-Simmons <[email protected]> writes:

  NI> Uri Guttman <[email protected]> writes:

  >> select on listen sockets is critical for event loops. i trust nick's
  >> experience here. 

  NI> _I_ don't. Older Tk's used select() 'cos the Win32 port was
  NI> basically just a clone of the UNIX port. fileevent worked quite
  NI> well. Then I switched in the "real" Tcl/Tk Win32 stuff (but minus
  NI> Tcl_Channel) and things got worse. Since then I have been messing
  NI> with it. I am more than willing to believe that using select()
  NI> might work.

i like your self doubt! :)

if win32 select does work for listen and regular, would that make it
easier to port event.pm and/or perl/tk events?

can someone get a definitive answer on this? i am now very curious as
well as anxious to find out. :)

uri

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