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basic_stream_socket::wait (1 of 2 overloads)

Inherited from basic_socket.

Wait for the socket to become ready to read, ready to write, or to have pending error conditions.

void wait(
    wait_type w);

This function is used to perform a blocking wait for a socket to enter a ready to read, write or error condition state.

Parameters

w

Specifies the desired socket state.

Example

Waiting for a socket to become readable.

boost::asio::ip::tcp::socket socket(io_context);
...
socket.wait(boost::asio::ip::tcp::socket::wait_read);

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