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> It is not possible to set a zero second timeout for accepts() in order to do
> a pure poll on a IO::Socket. Should the code checking to see if a timeout
> has been set be:
(sorry for the long delay in answering)
Well, I now added the capability to do a "poll" with the accept()
and connect() -- but I'm doing it only in the spirit of TIMTOWTDI,
the principle of least surpise, and consistency with select(),
because you really shouldn't be doing that:
+The timeout in the [PKG] can be specified as zero to effect a "poll",
+but you shouldn't do that because a new IO::Select object will be
+created behind the scenes just do to the single poll. This is
+horrendously inefficient. Use rather true select() with a zero
+timeout on the handle, or non-blocking IO.
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