Wow. That pretty much sums it up! I'll probably give the standard sockets another try. I'll report back on my problems. > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Lynch [mailto:ceo@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 4:32 PM > To: Bob Dusek > Cc: Robert Cummings; Jay Blanchard; php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: operational musings > > On Wed, February 28, 2007 3:32 pm, Bob Dusek wrote: > > Is there a well-known bug I'm up against with the IPC socket pair? > ... > > aren't sockets supposed to be two-way communication? > > Put it this way... > > If my memory serves me correctly, and understanding that I'm talking > about several years of list reading/posting boiled down to a couple > paragraphs, and my memory HAS proven faulty in the past... > > I tried to do 2-way sockets and failed, filed a bug report, had it > marked as bogus, and used 2 one-way sockets and went on with life. > > Others have posted problems in this same area, switch to 2 one-way > socket, and posted "hey, it works!" > > Still others have had problems with sockets just up and dying no > matter what, however, so there is no promise it will work. Only a > better chance. > > I have NO IDEA what the new-fangled socket pair thingie is, how it > works, how it's supposed to work, or if it's even implemented any > different than just 2 one-way sockets, and I'm just asking you to > waste your time doing in PHP what is already failing in C. > > But it should take you, what?, 5 minutes to try it and find out if > it's better/worse? Okay, call it a day by the time you get done > fixing typos and silly mistakes and really get down to a real test. > Plus another 4 days to be convinced it really really works, or that > the failure is consistently bad enough to be a true problem. > > For a true check on known problems, surf to http://bugs.php.net > > Way better than my memory, that's for sure. :-) > > -- > Some people have a "gift" link here. > Know what I want? > I want you to buy a CD from some starving artist. > http://cdbaby.com/browse/from/lynch > Yeah, I get a buck. So? > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
