lipp / lipp/lua-websockets

Question: Copas Receive

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Description

I hope you don't mind. This is more of a question than an issue. Do you know of any way to timeout the ws:receive() or whole sockets using copas and your lib? Maybe I'm missing something, I'm not sure.

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Research direction

Start with the ws:receive() entry point and the Copas/socket integration mentioned in the question. Determine whether receive or whole-socket timeouts are already supported, and define a concrete, testable change only if the existing interfaces cannot provide them.

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Assessment

Tech stack
lua
Domain
networking
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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