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: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 22493 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#22493: 25.1.50;
 open-gnutls-stream doesn't respect :nowait, so the connections are
 synchronous
Date: Sat, 06 Feb 2016 14:03:40 +1100

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> 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.

I think you're nitpicking semantics now.  There will be no user-visible
waiting while a TLS connection is negotiated, OK?

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