[Win32utils-devel] Asynchronous Pipe::Server problems

[Berger, Daniel]

Hi, 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: win32utils-devel-bounces at rubyforge.org 
> [mailto:win32utils-devel-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of 
> Park Heesob
> Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 8:25 AM
> To: Development and ideas for win32utils projects
> Subject: Re: [Win32utils-devel] Asynchronous Pipe::Server problems

<snip>

> > 
> > I can see why we don't do this now, but I wonder if we 
> should do this in 
> > a finalizer, along with a call to FlushFileBuffers(). All 
> the example 
> > code I see closes the handle. Perhaps I'm being overly 
> paranoid about 
> > handle leaks, though.
> > 
> > I'm also thinking about adding a block form that would 
> automatically 
> > ensure a call to Pipe#close.
> > 
> > What do you think?
> >
> The problem is due to the reconnect method.  
> The solution is define disconnect as DisconnectNamedPipe 
> ,close as before
> and modify 
> 
>    def reconnect
>       close
>       mainloop
>    end
> 
> to
> 
>    def reconnect
>       disconnect
>       mainloop
>    end

Just to clarify, we want this in pipe.rb then?

def disconnect
   DisconnectNamedPipe(@pipe)
end

def close
   CloseHandle(@pipe)
end

Thanks,

Dan


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