Re: [Boost-users] Inverval timer.

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Inverval timer.
From: Alexei Sergeev (alexeisergeev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-02-12 14:32:15

On Thursday 12 February 2009 20:02:03 Igor R wrote:
> >  > You have to re-start the timer after it expires, i.e. call again
> > >
> > > expires_from_now(), async_wait() in the handler.
> >
> > Didn't I do this in sample code?
>
> ah... I didn't pay attention to the sample code :)).
> Well, the problem is that poll() - according to the asio reference - just
> processes *ready* handlers, w/o blocking(), so timer isn't waited. So, as
> for your sample code, it shouldn't work even once, because noone waits for
> the timer - but problably in your actual code there're some other parts
> that run io_service and that's why it works sometimes.
> However, if you call run() instead of poll() then the execution will be
> blocked until the timer fires, and your sample code will work as you
> expect.

If I use run there application hang, it doesn't use CPU and doesn't eat 
memory, just stop responce.