On Tue, 24 Nov 2009, centrio_at_gmail.com wrote:

>> Sure you can reduce the timeout, you can call it again in a loop if it
>> timed out.
>
> Earlier I had used timeout of 1min and I used to do select only once. No I
> have timeout of 1sec and I am looping over it for 1 minute. Is it equivalent
> to my previous setup?

Assuming the loop takes no time, then yes it is. Basically.

> Also if the network has a higher delay say of 2 sec, will it ever be able to
> connect?

I'm not sure I understand the question. It doesn't matter if you wait for
nothing in one loop or loop 60 times. The nothing is still the same nothing.

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  / daniel.haxx.se
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