> Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 10:25:34 -0700
> Subject: Common designs for using libcurl (Thread-Safety)
> From: thejunkjon_at_gmail.com
> To: curl-library_at_cool.haxx.se
>
>
> Is there a common, accepted approach for using libcurl efficiently,
> maximizing throughput, and also not running into any of the threading
> issues described above in the link?
>

Have a look at the multi-handle interface examples. You don't need a thread per connection, in most cases all network IO can be handled by a single thread. And having more threads than cores/CPUs on your system is likely a waste of resources.

-V.
                                               

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