On Tue, 13 Apr 2004, Gisle Vanem wrote:

> > What do you think about my idea to bind() the UPD socket on 127.0.0.1 so
> > that the thread can make the socket readable?
>
> For the purpose of curl_multi_perform() ? Shouldn't a multi-app just call
> select() with a small timeout?

They don't need to, since select() returns when there is something to do. An
app author could simply use a long timeout and if that happens consider the
situation to be really bad. At least that has been what I've thought.

> And people using software firewalls would wonder why curl apps opens a port
> to some unexpected destination. Would be a FAQ candidate.

Hm, yes, that's not very cool. I've been trying to come up with an idea that
solves this in a nicer way, but perhaps the current way (and a documented
"shortish" timeout) is the best we can do...

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