Re: lynx-dev Connecting to... + press any arror key -> CPU problem

[T.E.Dickey]

> Well, if change b) has the same effect as change a), that would be 
> more confirmation that my understanding of the "problem" is right. 
> Change b) affects only the NSL_FORK code, so it retains the benefits 
> of the "Avoid checking interrupts" code (whatever they are - I am 
> not really convinced that checking for keyboard input is such a "slow 
> and expensive operation" that it nees to be rationed. 

Well, it certainly was when I added the check - the select's were using
a large percentage of the cpu time (LP may recall some numbers for that -
I recall it as a factor-of-two slowdown in various operations - but the
calls have been revised a few times since then).

Perhaps there's a loop in HTTCP.c which is calling HTCheckForInterrupt
without waiting or otherwise delaying.  That would cause this effect, too,
I think.
  
> With change b), expect lynx to react less immediately to 'z' when 
> it's waiting for a nameserver response. 
>  
> You'd have to only recompile the two files in question, not everything. 
>  
>    Klaus 
>  
> 


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