Checking socket stream data availability

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ozak (Posted 2005) [#1]

I can't seem to find a function for testing if there's data available on a stream. Can I use readavail() directly on the socket and then use the stream read functions?

Beaker (Posted 2005) [#2]

Try SocketReadAvail(sock)

marksibly (Posted 2005) [#3]

Hi, Oops, looks like we're missing a 'SocketStreamSocket:TSocket()' function there - will fix. In the meantime, there's an undocumented 'Socket()' method in SocketStream you can use, eg: avail=SocketReadAvail( sockStream.Socket() )

ozak (Posted 2005) [#4]

Thanks. I know about the "hidden function", but it would be nice if you could check the stream like in Blitz3D/+ :)