Re: [gpsd-users] Documentation Questions

[Ezmer DeKleaner]

Many thanks...

for the response and all you do..

E.

On Jul 23, 2013, at 07:46 28PDT, "Eric S. Raymond" <address@hidden> wrote:

> Ezmer DeKleaner <address@hidden>:
>> 
>> Looking at the documentation on 
>> http://catb.org/gpsd/client-howto.html#_python_examples
>> 
>> there appears to be an inconsistency.
>> 
>> On (Table 1. Entry points in client bindings)  it shows for gps_read()  that 
>> it is NONBLOCKING.
>> 
>> gps_read()
>> gpsmm.read()
>> gps.read()
>> Nonblocking read for data from the daemon
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Above it has a paragraph with the following statement:
>> 
>> Blocking read for data from the daemon. Named something like "read()" (this 
>> was "poll()" in older versions).
>> 
>> My experience is that this appears to be a BLOCKING read.  Can I get some 
>> confirmation?
> 
> That is correct.  The contradicting description is left over from an earlier
> version of the API.  Same story with gps_waiting(). I have fixed both.
> -- 
>               <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond</a>