--- libev/ev.pod 2008/05/24 03:08:03 1.161 +++ libev/ev.pod 2008/05/26 03:54:40 1.162 @@ -3304,6 +3304,13 @@ There is no supported compilation method available on windows except embedding it into other applications. +Not a libev limitation but worth mentioning: windows apparently doesn't +accept large writes: instead of resulting in a partial write, windows will +either accept everything or return C if the buffer is too large, +so make sure you only write small amounts into your sockets (less than a +megabyte seems safe, but thsi apparently depends on the amount of memory +available). + Due to the many, low, and arbitrary limits on the win32 platform and the abysmal performance of winsockets, using a large number of sockets is not recommended (and not reasonable). If your program needs to use