MonkeyBread LibCurl library not "yielding" time to other threads when loading ... can anyone help?

[Jann Gobble <janngobble@gmail.com>]

I have posted at MBS list and no response.  Please if anyone is using  
this libcurl library in RB, can you help?
Here goes:

The below code is in a generic http_get function in my project.  When  
I set use_curl to 1 and call this from one of my threads the interface  
TOTALLY freezes til the "get" is done.  When I set use_curl to 0 (and  
thereby use the httpsocket) it yields just fine. I thought that is  
what .YieldTime was for?  I would MUCH rather use libcurl cos it has  
more functions and control but now I am not sure.  (ps: the _filesize  
= -1 is just to kill the progress display in the DownloadCURL class.   
If _filesize > 0 then the progress event displays download percent.)   
This happens on ALL platforms.  Well, Win and OS X... I cannot test on  
Linux cos EVEN with curl installed on Ubuntu 8.0.4 I get a curl  
exception error with the plugin...Will troubleshoot that later.


Any Ideas?

HELP!

Jann


 dim http_dict as new dictionary

 if timeout < 1 then
   timeout = 60
 end if

 if use_curl = 1 then

   dim d as new DownloadCURL
   d.OptionURL= s
   d.OptionTimeOut = timeout
   if yield = 1 then
     d.YieldTime = true
   end if

   dim e as integer = d.perform
   http_dict.Value("http_content") = d.datas
   http_dict.Value("http_content_length") = str( d.datas.len)
   http_dict.value("last_errorcode") = str(e)

 else

   dim content as string
   dim sock As new HTTPSocket

   if yield = 1 then
     sock.Yield = true
   end if

   http_dict.Value("http_content")  =  sock.Get( s, timeout )
   http_dict.Value("http_content_length") = str(content.Len)
   http_dict.value("last_errorcode") = str(sock.LastErrorCode)
 end if
 return http_dict


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