From: Roger Pack <rogerpack2005@...>
Date: 2007-10-31T02:09:55+09:00
Subject: Re: Problem with socket.recv()

Make sure you flush on the sending side, as it might not send it all 
immediately (uses the nagle algorithm).

Frank Preiswerk wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I'm currently developing a Ruby TCP client and have a problem with
> socket.recv().
> After establishing a connection with my server, I exchange a couple of
> messages until the server begins to do some calculations based on the
> client's request that take about 10 seconds. After the server finishes, 
> it
> sends back the result. Now my problem is that "data = socket.recv(size)"
> seems to behave non-blocking for some reason. It does not wait for the 
> 10
> seconds but rather executes immediately and "data" remains empty. When I 
> add
> "sleep(10)" before, it works...
> 
> Any hints would be great.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Frank

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