RE: [RDT-Dev] Re: Test::Unit plugin fixes

[Chris W. <cwi...@ro...>]

> Nathaniel Talbott wrote:
> > On Nov 14, 2004, at 22:35, Chris Williams wrote:
> >>
> >> Odd. Is it normal for sockets to take so long in Linux with Ruby?
> >
> >
> > A lot of times it does unless you turn off reverse lookups:
> >
> >   BasicSocket.do_not_reverse_lookup = true
> >
> > Should speed it up significantly.
> 
> Thanks Nathaniel.
> Although the call did not speed up the connection, it has probably to
do
> with
> host lookups: replacing localhost with 127.0.0.1 leads to more
spontaneous
> behaviour of the socket :-) (no noticeable delays)
> 
> Are there any objections to using 127.0.0.1 instead of localhost?

No objections from me so long as it doesn't affect behavior in Windows
or Linux (or Mac OS X, if anyone can test that).

Thanks,
Chris