[MUD-Dev] Re: lurker emerges

[Vadim Tkachenko]

Vadim Tkachenko wrote:
> 
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> ACT is the Asynchronous Completion Token (Design patterns...), has
> read_count field and a semaphore.
> 
> ACT     asyncread( buffer, how_much_do_I_want, boolean all_async );
> 
> OK, so what I have is some read performed at once (no sense in async
> read if I know the absolute minimum I want), and then I know how much
> did I read - the ACT has it. Then, I can go out and do my stuff, and
> when I'm ready I may go out and wait for the completion semaphore (let
> me emphasise, _event_ semaphore).

On the second thought, it may be just a completion bit, too (even for a
single-threaded app). Semaphore if you really want to receive the
notification callback or just wait for it, but it's definitely more
expensive.

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