From: "Le" <snelson1@llnl.gov>
Subject: Re: Palatable Windows IO using Ada
Date: 7 Apr 2006 12:21:11 -0700
Date: 2006-04-07T12:21:11-07:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1144437671.065921.226960@e56g2000cwe.googlegroups.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <z04b2805sbm0$.175pkrmufklqh$.dlg@40tude.net>
>You cannot read any device not knowing the size of input.
You referred to blocks & lines previously indicating that you
understood what was being referred to. I was speaking of byte sequences
which vary in *length*.
>> The ReadFile interface *is* blocking. Overlap allows an app to come
>> back and see if it is done.
>Then it is rather a strange definition of "blocking." In my world blocking
>operation means that the execution thread gets blocked until its completes.
>The thread cannot go anywhere it that state.
Same universe that I am in... ReadFile blocks or times out.
In the future if you don't have an answer to the heart of the question
please resist the urge to wax pedagogical.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-04-07 19:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-04-07 0:21 Palatable Windows IO using Ada Le
2006-04-07 7:29 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2006-04-07 16:30 ` Le
2006-04-07 18:51 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2006-04-07 19:21 ` Le [this message]
2006-04-07 20:49 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2006-04-08 2:07 ` Steve
2006-04-08 9:36 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2006-04-09 13:50 ` Steve
2006-04-10 7:43 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2006-04-10 13:50 ` Steve
2006-04-10 15:05 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2006-04-10 19:28 ` Randy Brukardt
2006-04-07 10:55 ` Stephen Leake
2006-04-07 21:19 ` John
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