[AGENT++] Async processing

[Arun]

Jochen Katz wrote:

>> And then again while stepping into the code, i think i noticed a
>> Sleep being called in win32 implementation. Why is a Sleep required
>> in an Async setup ?
>
>
> It's there to have the same "delay" for WIN32 and other systems. If 
> you do "while (true) SNMPProcessPendingEvents();" on Unix you will get 
> a CPU usage of 0%. For WIN32 without the sleep you will get 100%.

On all systems i intend to do a
    while (true)
        {
        SNMPProcessPendingEvents();
        DoSomeTimeSensiveRepetetiveTask();
        if (required)
             {
             Sleep(precalculated-time);
             }
        }

Having a Sleep within the SNMPProcesspendingEvents makes my loop have a 
minimum resolution of 1 sec, wheras at times i might not want to sleep 
at all. I can easily prevent the 100% CPU time by having a Sleep within 
my loop itself. Morover i can control the type/resolution of my sleep, 
depending on the real-time system conditions.

I guess i could simply remove the Sleep from SNMP++ code and recompile 
it for my use, but if there was some way to do handle this in a standard 
manner, within the library iself, i would have preferred that.

Thanks,
Arun