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<LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: lurker emerges</LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: Vadim Tkachenko &lt;<A HREF="mailto:vt#freehold,crocodile.org">vt#freehold,crocodile.org</A>&gt;</LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 01:13:36 -0500</LI>
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Vadim Tkachenko wrote:
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&gt; ACT is the Asynchronous Completion Token (Design patterns...), has
&gt; read_count field and a semaphore.
&gt; 
&gt; ACT     asyncread( buffer, how_much_do_I_want, boolean all_async );
&gt; 
&gt; OK, so what I have is some read performed at once (no sense in async
&gt; read if I know the absolute minimum I want), and then I know how much
&gt; did I read - the ACT has it. Then, I can go out and do my stuff, and
&gt; when I'm ready I may go out and wait for the completion semaphore (let
&gt; me emphasise, _event_ semaphore).

On the second thought, it may be just a completion bit, too (even for a
single-threaded app). Semaphore if you really want to receive the
notification callback or just wait for it, but it's definitely more
expensive.

-- 
Still alive and smile stays on,
Vadim Tkachenko &lt;vt#freehold,crocodile.org&gt;
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00653" HREF="msg00653.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: lurker emerges</A></strong>, 
Vadim Tkachenko <a href="mailto:vt#freehold,crocodile.org">vt#freehold,crocodile.org</a>, Tue 11 Aug 1998, 05:39 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00658" HREF="msg00658.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: lurker emerges</A></strong>, 
T. Alexander Popiel <a href="mailto:popiel#snugharbor,com">popiel#snugharbor,com</a>, Tue 11 Aug 1998, 15:05 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00676" HREF="msg00676.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: lurker emerges</A></strong>, 
Vadim Tkachenko <a href="mailto:vt#freehold,crocodile.org">vt#freehold,crocodile.org</a>, Wed 12 Aug 1998, 04:33 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00656" HREF="msg00656.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: lurker emerges</A></strong>, 
Petri Virkkula <a href="mailto:pvirkkul#iki,fi">pvirkkul#iki,fi</a>, Tue 11 Aug 1998, 07:53 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00654" HREF="msg00654.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: lurker emerges</A></strong>, 
Vadim Tkachenko <a href="mailto:vt#freehold,crocodile.org">vt#freehold,crocodile.org</a>, Tue 11 Aug 1998, 06:48 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00615" HREF="msg00615.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: lurker emerges</A></strong>, 
Petri Virkkula <a href="mailto:pvirkkul#iki,fi">pvirkkul#iki,fi</a>, Mon 10 Aug 1998, 05:57 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00600" HREF="msg00600.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: lurker emerges</A></strong>, 
James Wilson <a href="mailto:jwilson#rochester,rr.com">jwilson#rochester,rr.com</a>, Sun 09 Aug 1998, 23:54 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00603" HREF="msg00603.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: lurker emerges</A></strong>, 
T. Alexander Popiel <a href="mailto:popiel#snugharbor,com">popiel#snugharbor,com</a>, Mon 10 Aug 1998, 02:19 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00602" HREF="msg00602.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: lurker emerges</A></strong>, 
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Mon 10 Aug 1998, 02:18 GMT
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