Re: timeout for one_event: clarification/RFE?

On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 06:55:12PM -0500, Allen Smith wrote:
> In regard to one_event's optional timeout parameter, I am wondering
> whether, in the case of having both events with their own timeouts
> (whether timer events or i/o events with timeouts or whatever) _and_
> i/o events:
> 	A. the timeout parameter servers as a maximum on how long the
> 	   select/poll timeout will be, even if the closest event
> 	   timeout is farther in the future than time()+timeout; or
> 	B. if the timeout parameter only affects the select/poll
> 	   timeout if there are _no_ events with their own timeouts.
> The manpage currently reads as if the latter is the case; I'm unable
> to tell from the code, not being very good at C. If it is the latter
> (option B) in the above, then it would be nice to be able to specify
> an actual maximum timeout, especially to simply check "are there any
> i/o events doable _right now_" (as in a timeout of 0).

i don't really understand the question.  All timeouts are treated the
same way whether it is a timeout watcher or an i/o watcher.

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