[Ns-developers] [ns3] a synchronous socket/posix API

[Mathieu Lacage]

On Sat, 2008-04-05 at 11:06 -0700, Sam Jansen wrote:

> I think it is fine for a basic implementation, and might well be of
> use to many people.
> 
> However, could the default be for a "no delay" model? 

sure.

> 
> It seems to me that elsewhere in the simulator, and in general with
> network simulation, the assumption is made the CPU time is not
> modeled. If a user wants to model processing time, this should be a
> conscious decision, and the user should be aware of which model they
> are picking. Silently modeling delay based on actual recorded wall
> time here also makes the simulations non-deterministic by default,
> which sounds like a bad idea to me.

very good point :)

Mathieu