[erlang-questions] Non-blocking for gen_tcp:accept?

[Vance Shipley]

On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 7:36 AM, Zhongzheng Liu
<liuzhongzheng2012@REDACTED> wrote:
> Socket can be set to {active, true} to receive data by message instead
> of using gen_tcp:recv.
>
> But there is no {active_accept, true} option to make accept
> non-blocking. We have to use the blocking function  gen_tcp:accept,
> why?
>
> Is it a good idea to deliver a message like {tcp, accept, Socket} to
> the accepting process when a connection is coming?

I certainly think so. I use an undocumented method described here:
http://www2.erlangcentral.org/wiki/?title=Building_a_Non-blocking_TCP_server_using_OTP_principles#Listener_Process

Of course as it's undocumented you never know when a new version of
OTP will break it which did in fact happen in a recent release. The
fix is trivial if you compare the new version to the old.

How about making non-blocking supported folks?

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     -Vance