Document that default ping handler can block

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Gary Burd 2016-03-13 11:57:37 -07:00
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// and pong. Call the connection WriteControl, WriteMessage or NextWriter
// methods to send a control message to the peer.
//
// Connections handle received ping and pong messages by invoking callback
// functions set with SetPingHandler and SetPongHandler methods. The default
// ping handler sends a pong to the client. The callback functions can be
// invoked from the NextReader, ReadMessage or the message Read method.
//
// Connections handle received close messages by sending a close message to the
// peer and returning a *CloseError from the the NextReader, ReadMessage or the
// message Read method.
//
// The application must read the connection to process ping and close messages
// sent from the peer. If the application is not otherwise interested in
// messages from the peer, then the application should start a goroutine to
// Connections handle received ping and pong messages by invoking callback
// functions set with SetPingHandler and SetPongHandler methods. The callback
// functions are called from the NextReader, ReadMessage and the message Read
// methods.
//
// The default ping handler sends a pong to the peer. The application's reading
// goroutine can block for a short time while the handler writes the pong data
// to the connection.
//
// The application must read the connection to process ping, pong and close
// messages sent from the peer. If the application is not otherwise interested
// in messages from the peer, then the application should start a goroutine to
// read and discard messages from the peer. A simple example is:
//
// func readLoop(c *websocket.Conn) {