Re: [boost] [asio] setting a timeout on blocking write's/read's

From: Dean Michael Berris (mikhailberis_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-04-26 11:06:00

On 4/26/07, Christopher Kohlhoff <chris_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 23:44:35 -0700, "Dean Michael Berris"
> <mikhailberis_at_[hidden]> said:
> [...]
> > For a myriad of reasons, we're using blocking API calls
> > (boost::asio::read_until and boost::asio::write) but these API calls
> > don't seem to readily have a way of setting a timeout value -- one
> > that says "try reading until either the response matches this... or
> > throw an error after 1 second if you don't get a response from the
> > server".
> >
> > Would there be a different way of going about it, aside from using
> > asynchronous operations?
>
> No, async operations would be the way to go. Something like (warning,
> untested code):
>
[snipped example]

And it works!

Thanks Chris, it's very much appreciated. :)

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