Re: Asynchronous DNS

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:

>> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <address@hidden>
>> Date: Sat, 06 Feb 2016 18:49:43 +1100
>> 
>> I kinda think we've gotten as far as we're going to get in this
>> discussion, and that it's time to merge.
>
> I'm sorry, but I disagree.  I think the APIs that expect a fully
> functional process object should wait for the DNS resolution to
> complete, before they do anything.

I don't know what you mean by that.  That is exactly what the API does.

>> There should be no impact on any existing use.  It should be 100%
>> backward compatible.
>
> But it isn't, as was demonstrated by ERC.  And it cannot be 100%
> backward compatible, unless the above-mentioned waiting is added to
> the affected APIs.

Again, it is not demonstrated by ERC.  ERC works fine with the new
refactoring.

I'm beginning to suspect that you're kinda just skimming my messages.

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