Re: Event and IO::Socket

On Mon, Aug 05, 2002 at 03:08:35PM -0400, Jeff Boes wrote:
> On Mon, 2002-08-05 at 14:11, Joshua N Pritikin wrote:
> > > But on another note: what exactly does the 'min' parameter for an 'io'
> > > event do?
> > 
> > 'min' is the minimum number of seconds between triggering the watcher.
> > If it triggers more frequently than 'min' seconds that that is fine.
> 
> Whuh? How is that different than the 'max' behavior, then?

OK, i was confused.  The best way to settle this is to point you to
the man page:

=item io

Extra attributes: fd => $fd, poll => 'rwe'
[timeout => $seconds, hard => $bool, timeout_cb => \&code]

=item idle

Extra attributes: min => $seconds, max => $seconds

The callback is invoked only when no events are pending.  If there is
never a chance to idle, an event will be generated at least every
C<max> seconds and not more often than C<min> seconds.

+++

From re-reading, it looks like an io timeout is not really the same
as an idle min or max.  Each has unique behaviour.

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