Re^3: IO::Socket::INET on win32

Pepper the code with ioctl() if $^O =~ /win32/i ...

Well, at the application level, probably the best thing you could do is override the IO::Socket constructor, strip the Blocking parameter on before instantiating the socket, and apply the ioctl() on the way out. Unfortunately, I don't think that will get you very far as I don't think the setting would be applied to sockets return by accept(), and then it starts getting messy.

Of course, the best thing would be to apply/submit a patch to IO::Socket to enable the correct behaviour for Win32, but given the length of time that the 'fix' has been known, the fact that none of the experts hereabouts and elsewhere have applied such a patch could suggest that it is non-trivial.

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Re^4: IO::Socket::INET on win32 by dk (Chaplain) on Dec 14, 2007 at 00:02 UTC
the fact that none of the experts hereabouts and elsewhere have applied such a patch could suggest that it is non-trivial Exactly. And that is what scares me most :(	[reply]