Re: Using Gtk2::Helper->add_watch on win32

[Brian Manning <elspicyjack gmail com>]

Hi,

Please don't e-mail me off-list with questions; if your original
e-mail went to the list, then the list should be copied on subsequent
e-mails.

When I said "an example of code that demonstrates your problem", I
meant a complete, standalone Perl script that contains the minimum
amount of code necessary to demonstrate your problem.

I could probably write something with the information that you've
given me below, but I currently lack the tuits.

Thanks,

Brian

On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 6:32 PM, Joe <jrgpmaster gmail com> wrote:
> This is the code in question, on line 87 in Server.pm (see the svn
> repo on sourceforge):
>
> $self->{sock_watch} = Gtk2::Helper->add_watch (fileno $self->{sock},
> 'in', sub{$self->watch_callback();});
>
> It has no effect whatsoever on windows.
>
> This makes the socket itself:
> $self->{sock} = IO::Socket::INET->new(
> PeerAddr => $self->{settings}->{host},
> PeerPort => $self->{settings}->{port},
> Proto => 'tcp',
> Timeout => 3
> ) || return 0;
>
> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Brian Manning <elspicyjack gmail com> wrote:
> > On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 9:04 PM, Joe <jrgpmaster gmail com> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > So my perl/gtk app (http://sourceforge.net/projects/soldatmistress)
> > > runs perfectly on Linux, Mac OSX, and FreeBSD, but on Windows
> > > (Camelbox Perl and compiling it all from source) it doesn't work since
> > > using Gtk2::Helper->add_watch on a network socket file descriptor
> > > seems to have no effect.
> > >
> > > I've searched around and the only conclusion I have found is that
> > > pipes on Windows suck.
> >
> > Pipes or sockets? ÂYou mention both.
> >
> > http://perldoc.perl.org/perlport.html#Interprocess-Communication-(IPC) says:
> >
> > "In general, don't directly access the system in code meant to be
> > portable. That means, no system, exec, fork, pipe, `` , qx//, open
> > with a |, nor any of the other things that makes being a perl hacker
> > worth being."
> >
> > Do you have an example of code that demonstrates your problem?
> >
> > Can you use a lower level construct like IO::Select or even the
> > select() call to watch your sockets (I'm assuming this is what you
> > meant above) instead of Gtk2::Helper?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Brian