[Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #6279: asio needs "poll" with timeout

Subject: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #6279: asio needs "poll" with timeout
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-12-16 16:51:19

#6279: asio needs "poll" with timeout
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 Reporter:  Gennady Proskurin <gpr@…>        |       Owner:  chris_kohlhoff
     Type:  Feature Requests                 |      Status:  new           
Milestone:  To Be Determined                 |   Component:  asio          
  Version:  Boost 1.48.0                     |    Severity:  Problem       
 Keywords:                                   |  
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 There were much of discussion about synchronous operations in asio with
 timeouts, bug #2832 for example. The main argument against it was
 difficulties with composed operations. I propose a compromise: some form
 of "poll" with timeout (poll_read/poll_write or something like that). I
 mean synchronous version of async_read_some(null_buffers()). If it will be
 implemented, it will be easy to write sync read with timeout, using
 combination of poll_read/read_some. I'm sure this "portable poll" will be
 very useful.

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/6279>
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