From: nobu.nokada@...
Date: 2003-04-10T15:16:26+09:00
Subject: Re: TCPServer#accept blocking in Windows

Hi,

At Thu, 10 Apr 2003 08:28:44 +0900,
Philip Mak wrote:
> then while "server.accept" is running, Ctrl+C will not work to
> terminate the program.

It's one of restrictions on Windows version.  Because interrupt
is implemented in user code, it's dangerous while calling API
and libraries which don't know about the interrupt.

> How can I make Ctrl+C work while server.accept is running? Do I have
> to run server.accept in another thread?

A work around is using "watcher" thread.

  require 'socket'
  Thread.new {loop {sleep 0.01}}	# <---
  server = TCPServer.new('localhost', 8231)
  server.accept

-- 
Nobu Nakada