Re: [gpsd-users] AIVDM sentence buffering

[Eric S. Raymond]

Jonathan Fewtrell <address@hidden>:
> Reading the documentation (http://catb.org/gpsd/client-howto.html
> and http://catb.org/gpsd/libgps.html), I am worried that if a read
> picks up multiple AIVDM sentences only the most recent one will be
> reflected in the ais_t struct.

Yes, this is a potential failure mode.  To avoid it, just consume 
reports from the demon more often than once per 2 seconds.  That
way the read buffer will never contain both a message and a later
message of the same type that steps on it.

I'll add this advice to the client HOWTO.
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                <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond</a>