Re: redmond event loop

Uri Guttman wrote:
> 
> >>>>> "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. :)

I know select() works for client-type sockets..... I just posted code
on c.l.p.tk.