id summary reporter owner description type status milestone component version severity resolution keywords cc 2832 Asio sync IO functions need timeout parameters Stephan Menzel chris_kohlhoff "Hi Chris, knowing this is an issue that has been discussed again and again I think it's better to handle it in a ticket. Long story: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.boost.user/45360 Short story: I think asio's sync routines either need a timeout parameter or need to be removed. Sync IO without a timeout is something I can hardly imagine any sensible use case for. In most cases one would definately need such functionality. Workarounds have been suggested but most would create too much performance or boilerplate overhead within the application. This should be handled within the lib and would actually render the sync routines a lot more useful. Thanks a bunch! Stephan " Bugs closed Boost 1.39.0 asio Boost 1.38.0 Showstopper wontfix stephan.menzel@… ronny.spiegel@…