Sockets Non-blocking and Timeouts

[Bad Panda]

Hello guys,I'm new to this forum so if there is something i should be knowing regarding the format of framing the questions,please do let me know.

Coming to the main point, recently i have been reading about sockets and i wondered when we have set Non-blocking mode for send and receive then what is the purpose of timeouts? I feel I'm missing something please help me fill that gap.

[dutch]

I don't think timeouts are meaningful in non-blocking mode.

[uplime]

timeouts in what sense? connecting to an endpoint, or communicating with it? Either way, a timeout is still meaningful in that it makes sure the other end is still active. If not, you can close it to free up resources.

[jonnin]

format code in code blocks (<> over in the edit panel). Anything else just use common sense about asking good questions and format like an adult (leetspeak and txtmsg shorthand are right out).