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diff --git a/lib/README.multi_socket b/lib/README.multi_socket
index c8eabf64c..953209810 100644
--- a/lib/README.multi_socket
+++ b/lib/README.multi_socket
@@ -12,14 +12,14 @@ Implementation of the curl_multi_socket API
any other transfers. (The previous API always had to scan through all
the existing transfers.)
- The idea is that curl_multi_socket() calls a given callback with information
- about what socket to wait for what action on, and the callback only gets
- called if the status of that socket has changed.
+ The idea is that curl_multi_socket_action() calls a given callback with
+ information about what socket to wait for what action on, and the callback
+ only gets called if the status of that socket has changed.
In the API draft from before, we have a timeout argument on a per socket
- basis and we also allowed curl_multi_socket() to pass in an 'easy handle'
- instead of socket to allow libcurl to shortcut a lookup and work on the
- affected easy handle right away. Both these turned out to be bad ideas.
+ basis and we also allowed curl_multi_socket_action() to pass in an 'easy
+ handle' instead of socket to allow libcurl to shortcut a lookup and work on
+ the affected easy handle right away. Both these turned out to be bad ideas.
The timeout argument was removed from the socket callback since after much
thinking I came to the conclusion that we really don't want to handle
@@ -54,20 +54,13 @@ Implementation of the curl_multi_socket API
included in the c-ares 1.3.1 release.
We have done a test runs with up to 9000 connections (with a single active
- one). The curl_multi_socket() invoke then takes less than 10 microseconds in
- average (using the read-only-1-byte-at-a-time hack). We are now below the
- 60 microseconds "per socket action" goal (the extra 50 is the time libevent
- needs).
+ one). The curl_multi_socket_action() invoke then takes less than 10
+ microseconds in average (using the read-only-1-byte-at-a-time hack). We are
+ now below the 60 microseconds "per socket action" goal (the extra 50 is the
+ time libevent needs).
-Status Right Now
+Documentation
- The curl_multi_socket() API is implemented according to how it is
- documented. We deem it ready to use.
-
- http://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/curl_multi_socket.html
+ http://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/curl_multi_socket_action.html
http://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/curl_multi_timeout.html
http://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/curl_multi_setopt.html
-
-What is Left for the curl_multi_socket API
-
- Real world usage!