asyncore: suggested patch

[Jonathan Feinberg]

rcameszREMOVETHIS at dds.removethistoo.nl (Robert Amesz) writes:

> Jonathan Feinberg wrote:
> 
> > rcameszREMOVETHIS at dds.removethistoo.nl (Robert Amesz) writes:
> > 
> >> If Jonathan Freiberg wants to make his connect-patch work on more 
                 ^^^^^^^^
> >> platforms, notably Windows, he'll have to put in a bit more effort. 
> > 
> > Hmm.  If Robert Azesm
> 
> Congratulations. I never saw anyone garble my last name quite as badly
> as that. ;-)

Nor I.  I was dropping you a hint.

> The added select() in your connection function will *block* the system. 
> This means that during a long wait for a connection to be established 
> (or time out) asyncore totally grinds to a halt.

This is, in fact, how asyncore currently behaves, *without* my patch.  My
patch is intended to *address* this behavior.

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