Re: Clarification of the isPendingConnection() call.

[Federico Montesino Pouzols]

        Hi, isPendingConnection is implemented using
Socket::isPending, so ...

On Sun, Apr 20, 2003 at 12:28:47PM +0100, Jon Wilson wrote:
> I am trying to implement the TCPSocket's isPendingConnection() call, 
> however, I can't work out form the docs how it works, and the source is 
> a little long for just a minor thing.
> I have a few questions about it...
> 1) Does the call block until the timeout is reached or the socket connected?

        Yes, and if no timeout is specified, TIMEOUT_INF is used, so
it will block till the socket is connected.

> 2) What units is the timeout in? Seconds? Milliseconds or tenths (or 
> something else)?

        In milliseconds.

> 3) What happens when the connection times out? Is an exception thrown or 
> does it just return false?
> 

        No exception is thrown (at least purposely), it just returns
true or false.

        I have added a few notes to this method's documentation in
CVS.

> Thanks for clearing this up for me.
> Jon Wilson
> 
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