GNU bug report logs - #22493
25.1.50; open-gnutls-stream doesn't respect :nowait, so the connections are synchronous

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 22493 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#22493: 25.1.50; open-gnutls-stream doesn't respect :nowait, so the connections are synchronous
Date: Fri, 05 Feb 2016 11:18:31 +0200

> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
> Cc: 22493 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 05 Feb 2016 18:34:44 +1100
> 
> There is no waiting in the GnuTLS library during negotiation.  It is
> fully asynchronous.  If any action blocks, it will return, and we can
> proceed later.  It works, seen from the application side, as any other
> network connection.

The _waiting_ is asynchronous.  The processing cannot be, because
GnuTLS doesn't start any threads.

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