From: wolfoxbr@... (Roberto Amorim)
Date: 2002-11-15T04:20:50+09:00
Subject: Re: Non-blocking TCPSocket.gets

Take a look on Kernel#select, it allows for asynchronous (blocking or
non-blocking) check of sockets in general. It's also implemented on
the IO class, which is parent of Socket.

> Is there a way to find out if there is any data waiting on a TCPSocket? 
> TCPSocket.gets and getc (and readlines... etc) all block until data arrives 
> if there is none available, however I want to just check if there's any 
> there and read it if there is, otherwise go on and do something else. I 
> cannot see a way in IO, BasickSocket or TCPSocket to do this. Can anyone 
> point me in the right direction?
> 
> Thanks,
> Tim Bates