Re: [Boost-users] boost::asio blocking socket read with timeout with multiple threads

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] boost::asio blocking socket read with timeout with multiple threads
From: tom_at_[hidden]
Date: 2018-03-23 08:07:37

> You can use a deadline_timer and cancel the synchronous read if it 
> trips.  It's a bit fugly though and is subject to races.  It's much 
> nicer to use async.

The point is though that I don't think this works. This is what I started with.
It works on Windows OK. But on Linux, calling "cancel" or "close" on a socket doesn't
cancel a synchronous read call. This is what started me down this whole route.