Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #2832: Asio sync IO functions need timeout parameters

Subject: Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #2832: Asio sync IO functions need timeout parameters
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-03-09 11:35:30

#2832: Asio sync IO functions need timeout parameters
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  Reporter:  Stephan Menzel <stephan.menzel@…>       |       Owner:  chris_kohlhoff
      Type:  Bugs                                    |      Status:  closed        
 Milestone:  Boost 1.39.0                            |   Component:  asio          
   Version:  Boost 1.38.0                            |    Severity:  Showstopper   
Resolution:  wontfix                                 |    Keywords:                
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Comment (by anonymous):

 This is probably the dumbest ticket discussion I ever read. [[BR]]

 Everybody who is using blocking socket functions wants a timeout for them.
 But no, there is a better solution, the "official" one: simulate a
 blocking function by using asynchronous functions and waiting for them to
 finish.[[BR]]

 Wow. Talk about scratching your left ear with your right foot. I don't
 know about you guys, but Computer Science 101 taught me that when
 encountering a problem a program should stop and handle it, not wait and
 wait and wait some more for it to solve itself.[[BR]]

 Connect or read functions which take minutes to return are just plain
 stupid. They should timeout and do it fast, not wait or retry
 forever.[[BR]]

 PS: If you like the asynchronous approach so much, why don't you create
 some overloads for the synchronous functions which do what
 [http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_53_0/doc/html/boost_asio/example/timeouts/blocking_tcp_client.cpp

 this] tries to explain.

 PPS: Synchronous and asynchronous are very very different. Stop suggesting
 asynchronous solutions for synchronous problems or designs.

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/2832#comment:18>
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