[erlang-questions] inets - http:request with invalid host ip

[Sanjaya Vitharana]

Hi,

Of cource I put an ip which is not visible (and url also not there). 

2> test:test_url().
 URL="http://202.124.160.149/src/cf/1414/cricket/scoreline_odi/menu.php?key=1&session=a02857230011801002496201&ch=58&serverid=1"
 Time for Synchronous request 189028171 microseconds ResSync={error,etimedout}
 Time for Asynchronous request 188972235 microseconds ResASync={ok,
                                                                #Ref<0.0.0.119>}

Check the above results for time taken to execute http:request. (test code attached)

1.) It has taken a large amount of time to execute both requests
2.) And time difference to exit from Synchronous and Asynchronous request are approximately same.

Is this OK ???

What I am thinking is the time taken to perform Asynchronous request as not acceptable. Am I wrong ?
If the IP is not visible (or not available) Why such long time taken to give ANY result ?

Is this a bug ?

Thanks in advance,

Sanjaya Vitharana.


[root@REDACTED root]# uname -a
Linux es3 2.4.21-27.0.1.EL #1 Fri Dec 24 13:49:49 EST 2004 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
[root@REDACTED root]# 
[root@REDACTED root]# erl -version
Erlang (ASYNC_THREADS,HIPE) (BEAM) emulator version 5.5.4
[root@REDACTED root]#
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