[Lazarus] TInetSocket usage - any documentation available?

[Mark Morgan Lloyd]

Bo Berglund wrote:

> And it looks more complete, there is a chat example which implements a
> bidirectional system using a thread too.
> I will try to stuff this into the existing code if possible...
> 
> As Mark Morgan Lloyd has pointed out I *really* need to create an
> encapsulated class for the TCPIP communications so I can use this as
> an alternate component in the existing object and for this I need to
> implement an onReceive event to plug the incoming data into it.
> Otherwise I am in for a really big rewrite of the class.

Although I think that was more in the context of trying to keep 
everything together if handling e.g. both serial comms and something 
over a socket.

I usually end up with odd requirements that force me to go to low-level 
serial port access, or a low-level socket... needing to log times 
accurately, a special-purpose telnet server and so on. The result of 
this is that I'm often better served with a low-level thread (and 
possibly select() calls etc.), with the interface to the main program 
being a buffer.

So find some way of encapsulating stuff, but I'd suggest not focussing 
on that to the exclusion of getting the main job done.

-- 
Mark Morgan Lloyd
markMLl .AT. telemetry.co .DOT. uk

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