sockets question

i have a server and client classes but the problem is: when i make infinite loop to accept incoming connection i cant receive all the data received from the client while accepting the connections because accept blocks until the connection is accepted, my code:

    for (;;) 
    {
       boost::thread thread(boost::bind(&Irc::Server::startAccept, &s));
       thread.join();
       for (ClientsMap::const_iterator it = s.begin(); it != s.end(); ++it) 
       {
          std::string msg = getData(it->second->recv());
          std::clog << "Msg: " << msg << std::endl;
       }
    }

Solution

You need either multiple threads or a call to select/poll to find out which connections have unprocessed data. IBM has a nice example here, which will work on any flavor of Unix, Linux, BSD, etc. (you might need different header files depending on the OS).

Right now you're starting a thread and then waiting for it immediately, which results in sequential execution and completely defeats the purpose of threads.