On Thu, 6 Mar 2008, Pierre Ynard wrote:

>> Wouldn't that fill you need? And to clarify: the progress callback can be
>> called before the transfer begins, as it is used to indicate progress of
>> the operation and that covers the entire process.
>
> Well I guess so, provided that this behavior is clearly stated and can
> be relied upon.

Well, if we decide to do it like this we'd of course document it and make sure
the code works like documented.

> By the way, what is the reason for the semantics of polling by slices of
> 1000 ms, even if nothing happens? Just to make sure and to call the progress
> callback? Am I missing something?

Yes, to make sure that the progress callback is called and also check timers
for low speed aborts etc.

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