[ENet-discuss] enet_host_service() never returns > 0.

[Mike Diehl]

I hacked in a quick event loop, and sure enough, it works!  Thank you.

"Nuno Silva" <little.coding.fox at gmail.com> wrote:
> You need to have a similar loop like the server in order for the client to
> receive the packet. enet_host_service should be called often since that's
> the only way for either the client or the server to update.
> 
> On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 7:37 AM, Mike Diehl <mdiehl at diehlnet.com> wrote:
> 
>>  I'm trying to write a simple demonstration program with enet 1.3.3.  The
>> demo is mostly based on the example code snippets from the enet website,
so
>> it should have been fairly simple. ;^)
>>
>> The client claims to have connected successfully.  A tcpdump indicates
that
>> the client sent a packet, and the server replied a few times.  The server
>> never dispatches the CONNECT event.
>>
>> The applicable server code is:
>> =====================================================================
>>        while (1) {
>>                 while (enet_host_service(server, &event, 5000) > 0) {
>>                         switch (event.type) {
>>                                 case ENET_EVENT_TYPE_CONNECT:
>>                                         printf("connect");
>>                                         break;
>>                                 case ENET_EVENT_TYPE_RECEIVE:
>>                                         printf("receive");
>>                                         break;
>>                                 case ENET_EVENT_TYPE_DISCONNECT:
>>                                         printf("disconnect");
>>                                         break;
>>                                 default:
>>                                         break;
>>                         }
>>                 }
>>
>>                 printf("Tick tock.");
>>         }
>> =====================================================================
>>
>> All it prints is Tick Tock, over and over again.
>>
>> The client code is fairly straightforward:
>> =====================================================================
>>         client = enet_host_create(NULL, 1, 2, 5760/8, 1440/8);
>>
>>         if (client == NULL) {
>>                 printf("Could not create client.");
>>                 return 0;
>>         }
>>
>>         enet_address_set_host(&address, HOST);
>>         address.port = PORT;
>>
>>         peer = enet_host_connect(client, &address, 2, 0);
>>
>>         if (peer == NULL) {
>>                 printf("Could not connect to server");
>>                 return 0;
>>         }
>>
>>         if (enet_host_service(client, &event, 5000) > 0 &&
>>                 event.type == ENET_EVENT_TYPE_CONNECT) {
>>
>>                 printf("Connection to %s succeeded.", HOST);
>>         } else {
>>                 enet_peer_reset(peer);
>>                 printf("Could not connect to %s.", HOST);
>>                 return 0;
>>         }
>> =====================================================================
>> This code indicates that it was able to connect to the server.
>> What am I missing?  TIA.
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Take care and have fun,
>> Mike Diehl.
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Mike Diehl.