Wait for a Socket to Become Readable

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Demonstrates Socket.SelectForReading, which waits for read-ready activity on the socket, or on any contained socket when the object is a socket set. It returns 1 if ready, 0 on timeout, or -1 on error.

load ./chilkat.dll

set success 0

set socket [new_CkSocket]

#  Connect to the server using TLS.
set bTls 1
set maxWaitMs 5000
set success [CkSocket_Connect $socket "example.com" 5000 $bTls $maxWaitMs]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkSocket_lastErrorText $socket]
    delete_CkSocket $socket
    exit
}

#  Wait up to 5 seconds for read-ready activity on the socket (or, for a socket set, on any contained
#  socket).  Returns 1 if ready, 0 on timeout, or -1 on error.
set ready [CkSocket_SelectForReading $socket 5000]
if {$ready < 0} then {
    puts [CkSocket_lastErrorText $socket]
    delete_CkSocket $socket
    exit
}

if {$ready != 1} then {
    puts "No data became available before the timeout."
    delete_CkSocket $socket
    exit
}

puts "The socket has data ready to read."

delete_CkSocket $socket