Yes, and that is what this does. The server has multiple clients connecting to it that do not block each other while waiting. After this you use the same setup to build a client. The point was to start small and add features. Single client, multiple client, non-blocking multiple client connections, etc. This already does non-blocking reads from multiple clients. Doing the same thing in a client shouldn't be much harder. For non-blocking IO i don't think you want to use threads though, I think IO::Select is a better path to take.

Either way my point was that if you have complex client/server interactions like this, start as simple as possible adding features and testing constantly. You should then be able to pinpoint exactly where the code is broken and ask specific questions.


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Eric Hodges

In reply to Re^3: chat between client and server by eric256
in thread chat between client and server by wavenator

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