Does socket.listen(0); pause a thread?

Question

I am thinking of having socket.listen() on a separate thread for my server, does it pause the thread?

I want to have my thread to listen, talk with the client, end client connection, listen again.

Answer 1

The Listen method does not block the current thread, it merely sets up the Socket to accept new connections. Methods like Accept in synchronous mode will block the thread until a connection is received.

Note: The MSDN documentation for methods on Socket are pretty good about listing whether or not they block in the Remarks section. Example

• Socket::Accept