[Mongrel] Why Mongrel doesn't cancel connection on error?

[Eric Wong]

Alexey Petrushin <lists at ruby-forum.com> wrote:
> Why Mongrel doesn't cancel connection on error?
> 
> Example: (Mongrel using Rack)
> 
> ...
> def call env
>   begin
>     p :start
>     sleep 10
>   ensure
>     p :stop
>   end
> end
> ...
> 
> Open browser, go to localhost:8080, and immediatelly close the browser.
> Output will be:
> 
> start
> <waits for 10 sec>
> end
> 
> Why it doesn't cancel/kill thread immediatelly?

Because it's not commonly needed and it's extra overhead which punishes
applications that respond quickly anyways.

You're not the first person to want it and I proposed a (still untested)
solution in this thread here:

http://groups.google.com/group/rack-devel/browse_thread/thread/5e5b52892f5e9353

-- 
Eric Wong