Re: [MacPerl] availability of output in remote control mode

[Matthias Ulrich Neeracher <neeri@iis.ee.ethz.ch>]

John_Peterson@byu.edu writes:
>I think a simple change to the way 'send data' works would provide the 
>functionality that we (at least Hans and I) want.
>
>When processing a 'send data' event, instead of replying immediately,
>MacPerl would optionally wait to send the reply until it blocked for more
>input.  This would facilitate processing some input and getting output in
>the reply.

This is an interesting idea, and probably not overly difficult to implement.
I'm still trying to think of a catchy name for this I/O mode, though.

"Subpoena mode", maybe :-)

Matthias

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