[libmicrohttpd] Server-Sent Events

[Peter Ross]

Hi,

Server-Sent Events (SSEs) are a form of 'push technology', where the server
leaves the connection open indefinitely, and sends response data to the 
web-browser as those events happen.

Standard: http://www.w3.org/TR/eventsource/
Example:  http://googlecodesamples.com/html5/sse/sse.html

Implementing events in the current release of MHD isn't very practical.
The only way it can be achieved is via MHD_create_response_from_callback,
where the reader callback blocks until an event is ready to be sent.
This only works with MHD_USE_THREAD_PER_CONNECTION.

How could the MHD library and API be improved to better handling of SSEs
and other streaming approaches. Has anyone else encountered this problem?

Cheers,

-- Peter
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