[MLton] Socket.connectNB on NetBSD

Stephen Weeks MLton@mlton.org
Fri, 28 Nov 2003 13:54:04 -0800


> Any way, the notion of a connection to the local machine blocking
> (or not blocking) seems to me to be correct either way.  The
> connecting case being justified because the kernel did not have to
> block.  No packets were sent, it just noticed that there was a port
> waiting and ran through the connection itself.
>
> Am I still missing something?

Nope.  I agree with you now that I understand it better.  It was a bit
surprising to see a connect succeed without there having been an
accept.