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What does the max length definition do in socket programming whan say using
UDP ?

Does it truncate messages coming in ?

Does it wait for messages to be that large ?

Andrew
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What does the max length definition do in socket programming whan say
using UDP ?

Does it truncate messages coming in ?

Does it wait for messages to be that large ?

Andrew

Jun 27 '08 #2

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