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Re: Non-blocking read [message #75619 is a reply to message #75617]

Wed, 16 March 2011 07:33

David Grier
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On 3/15/11 9:49 PM, wlandsman wrote:
> On Tuesday, March 15, 2011 8:22:38 PM UTC-4, David Grier wrote:
>
>> I'm using OPENW, WRITEU and READU to interact with a piece of equipment
>> through a serial port. Everything's fine unless there's an error
>> condition on the read. If the read fails, then the IDL session hangs
>> irretrievably. I'd like to use a non-blocking read so that failure
>> yields no value and some error condition that I can check.
>
> Would it help to use
> if FILE_POLL_UNIT( unit, 0) then readu,...
>
> My IDL session hangs about 1 in a 1000 times when trying to read an internet socket.
> I've tried using the above code snippet, but I don't know yet if it works, because
> I the failures occur so unpredictably. (And once the IDL session does hang, one
> loses any diagnostics.) -Wayne

Brilliant! I never would have found this routine, and it does just what
I need.

Many thanks Wayne.

David

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		Re: Non-blocking read By: wlandsman on Wed, 16 March 2011 08:35
		Re: Non-blocking read By: David Grier on Wed, 16 March 2011 07:33
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