On 5 Nov 2008 John-Mark Bell wrote: > On Wed, 5 Nov 2008, Richard Porter wrote:
>> On 5 Nov 2008 John-Mark Bell wrote: >> >>> It's a timing-based issue. So that NetSurf can do work when busy, it will >>> only poll the Wimp every N centiseconds (wnere N is some number ... >> >> Did you try changing the value of N by a small amount? > You miss the point. Changing N to some other value is just the same hack > as removing N entirely. It is not a solution, particularly as the > underlying cause of the issue is entirely unknown. I suspect some kind of > deadlock in the internet stack, but have not had time, or indeed the > inclination, to investigate further. I was only asking if you'd done that. The point is that if you have several tasks all polling the Wimp at exactly the same interval, it might make a difference if you used a slightly different interval so getting out of sync. > As I've pointed out on every other occasion that this issue has been > discussed, I've already expended a huge amount of my time and energy on > it and will not spend any more time on it. That's fair enough. Please use your time and energy where you can make the most progress. It wasn't I who raised the issue on this occasion! -- _ |_|. _ Richard Porter http://www.minijem.plus.com/ |\_||_ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Disclaimer: I disclaim everything.
