Socket

[Koen Claessen]

Hi,

I am implementing a modest webserver using GHC (as an
example program). I am using the Socket library.

In the Socket library, the following function is provided:

  accept :: Socket -> IO (Handle, HostName, PortNumber)

Unfortunately, this is a blocking function, which means that
the whole program blocks when it is waiting for a
connection.

This is not nice, since I would like to do something else in
the meantime (such as serving other clients).

I do not want to use the "concurrent" package (for a good
reason).

Ideally, I would like to integrate this with the function
"hSelect" from the Select module.

Has anybody had this problem before, and, if so, what could
be a solution?

Thanks,
/Koen.

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