SocketStream persistence

I just discoverd the 'noTimeout' message in the 'configuration' protocol, so that solves my persistence problem.

 

But the question remains: When this process is running, it blocks until it completes. How can I fire it up so that I can continue to interact with Pharo while it is running?

 

Dan

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From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Daniel Klein
Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 22:41
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Subject: [Pharo-users] SocketStream persistence

For my first real Pharo task I need to communicate with a server over telnet. As a proof of concept I cobbled this code into a workspace without regard for OO-anything (the hostname/login/password have been changed to protect the innocent ;-)

 

| wire answer |
[
 wire := SocketStream openConnectionToHostNamed: 'myhost' port: 23.
 [
  wire upToAll: 'login: '.
  wire nextPutAll: 'testlogin'; cr; flush.
  wire upToAll: 'Password: '.
  wire nextPutAll: 'dummypassword'; cr; flush.

  wire upToAll: '>'.
  wire nextPutAll: 'dbl'; cr; flush.
  wire upToAll: '?'.
  wire nextPutAll: '12'; cr; flush.
  wire upTo: Character lf.

  answer := Integer readFromString: (wire upTo: (Character value: 3)).

  wire upToAll: 'C:\home>'.
  wire nextPutAll: 'exit'. "close gracefully"
 ]
 ensure: [wire close].
 ^ answer
]
on: ConnectionClosed
do: [:ex | Transcript show: ex asString;cr. ex resume].

 

The server process, dbl, is a simple C program that takes a number, n, as input and returns n*2. I'm using character 3 to indicate the end of the output sent back from the C program.

 

This all works great and I get the expected answer of '24'.

 

So, the next step was to simulate the server process taking a while to complete and then send back some form of acknowledgement. So I put a 'sleep 5 minutes' in the server process just prior to sending back the answer. The problem is that I then get a 'ConnectionTimedOut' error after about 45-50 seconds. If I change the 'on:' line to:

 

on: ConnectionClosed, ConnectionTimedOut

 

then this errors out with 'IllegalResumeAttempt'.

 

How can I keep the connection alive while the server is 'busy'?

 

As an aside, while Pharo is processing the above code, I can't do anything else until it either completes or errors out. I thought Pharo used 'green threads'?

 

I'm using:

 

Pharo-1.1.1--
Latest update: #11414

 

on Windows XP Pro.

 

Dan

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