thanks a lot !! It is very much appreciated. The for loop is *very* clever.
Le vendredi 2 septembre 2016 16:30:21 UTC+2, Alan Donovan a écrit : > > On 2 September 2016 at 06:21, mhhcbon <cpasmabo...@gmail.com <javascript:> > > wrote: > >> I dig into the repo you mentioned, TBHonnest, im not that wise, and it >> remains unclear. >> For the few i know, select is the approach to take, but the API is >> unclear. >> >> Not sure if it s possible to come up with something as straight as >> `NewReader(os.Stdin).Block(false).Read()` >> > > As I said, the select system call is a pain to use in Go---not least > because the macros FD_SET et al seem to be missing. > But it is possible: https://play.golang.org/p/GhdrMkiElc. > > Another approach is to make the stdin file descriptor non-blocking, so > that attempting to read from it will fail immediately if there is no data > available. > See: https://play.golang.org/p/yHrDdzWoDk > > Admittedly, neither of these approaches is straightforward. A more > typical Go approach is to start the read in its own goroutine and let it > run to completion, even if no data ever arrives. Of course, while simple > to program, this is not ideal if you need to cancel the read after the > timeout has expired. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
