On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 3:35 PM, Mark Volkmann <r.mark.volkm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't doubt you. I just want to see that documented somewhere or clearly
> see how that is enforced in the code. I have looked at net.js. It's not the
> easiest code to follow. If it's clear from that code, I could use some
> pointers on where to look.

> I'll try to make my concern more clear below with very simple code for
> server.js and client.js that really runs. Run "node server" in one window
> and "node client" in another.
> The numbered comments indicate the order in which I expect the lines to
> execute.
> It seems clear to me that 4 could run before 5. If that happens, how is it
> that the server still gets that message? Is the message being buffered until
> connListener completes?

> server.js

> var net = require('net');
> function dataListener(data) {
>   console.log('received', data.toString());
> }
> function connListener(socket) {
>   socket.on('data', dataListener); // 5
> }
> var server = net.createServer(connListener); // 1
> server.listen(8019); // 2

> client.js

> var net = require('net');
> var socket = net.connect(8019); // 3
> socket.write('Is this lost?'); // 4