[plt-scheme] Limiting Concurrent Connections to Web Server

2009/1/16 Jay McCarthy <jay.mccarthy at gmail.com>:
> On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 8:02 AM, Henk Boom <lunarc.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
>> It's not that I want to drop all connections after the first 5, it's
>> just that if the connection is cancelled by the other party after it
>> queues up, there's no point in letting it start.
>
> One implication of the release rules I wrote earlier, is that a
> problem with the connection won't be noticed until it is written to,
> which is /after/ the work has been done. I'm not sure how (or if I'd
> want to) have another thread monitoring the connection port to see if
> it is active, it doesn't look like there is anything in scheme/tcp
> that does that.

I see what you mean. This could even be seen as a feature, for
requests which result in side effects.

    Henk