-=> Quoting Phil Crown to James R. Cook <=-

 

 JRC> Say, in your opinion, is it more efficient to buffer

 JRC> the comm port with a thread in the program, or not to worry with it. 

 JRC> I've been turning that one around in my head for a couple of days and

 JRC> I can't see where the overhead would be worth it ...



 PC> If its a PM program I would use a thread to avoid blocking the message

 PC> queue (main) thread for too long.



 It's a simple text-mode app.



 PC> Also by using a secondary thread you can adjust the priority.  In my

 PC> app the thread that reads the com port runs at PRTYC_TIMECRITICAL and

 PC> all the other threads run at PRTYC_REGULAR.



 But does this make a huge deal?  I disremember what SIO uses for buffers,

 but I would imagine that it's more than adequate.



 ={) James (}=



--- Blue Wave/DOS v2.30